Smart Homes and Health Telematics 6th International Conference, ICOST 2008 Ames, IA, USA, June 28-July 2, 2008 Proceedings /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Helal, Sumi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mitra, Simanta (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wong, Johnny (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Chang, Carl K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mokhtari, Mounir (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5120
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Special purpose computers.; Data mining.; Application software.; Computers and civilization.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Computers and Society.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference On Smart Homes and and Health Telematics, ICOST 2008, held in Ames, IA, USA, in June/July 2008. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are organized i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Session 1: Assistive Technology to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults and their Caregivers
• An Intelligent RFID System for Improving Elderly Daily Life Independent in Indoor Environment
• HYCARE: A Hybrid Context-Aware Reminding Framework for Elders with Mild Dementia
• Evaluation of Mobile and Home Based Cognitive Prosthetics
• Session 2: Context Awareness/Autonomous Computing
• An Integrated Approach to Context Specification and Recognition in Smart Homes
• Robust Face Tracking with Suppressed False Positives in Smart Home Environment
• Adaptive Solutions for Access Control within Pervasive Healthcare Systems
• Session 3: Devices, Systems and Algorithms for Vision/Hearing/Cognitive/Communication Impairments
• Patient Sensors: A Data Quality Perspective
• Design of a Smart Continence Management System Based on Initial User Requirement Assessment
• Social Rhythms and Nocturnal Routines in Community Dwelling Older Adults
• Session 4: Home Health Monitoring and Intervention
• Using Event Calculus for Behaviour Reasoning and Assistance in a Smart Home
• Video Monitoring of Vulnerable People in Home Environment
• An Efficient Method for Activity Recognition of the Elderly Using Tilt Signals of Tri-axial Acceleration Sensor
• Session 5: Human-Machine Interface and Ambient Intelligence
• A User Interface Level Context Model for Ambient Assisted Living
• Abstracting Nutritional Information of Food Service Facilities Using the Pervasive Healthy Diet Adviser
• Intelligent Assistive Exoskeleton with Vision Based Interface
• Session 6: Modeling of Physical and Conceptual Information in Intelligent Environments
• Assessment of the Impact of Sensor Failure in the Recognition of Activities of Daily Living
• Keeping Elderly People at Home: A Multi-agent Classification of Monitoring Data
• HESA: A Human-Centric Evolvable Situation-Awareness Model in Smart Homes
• Session 7: Real World Deployments and Experiences in Smart Homes, Hospitals, and Living Communities
• Sharing of Real-Life Experimental Data in Smart Home and Data Analysis Tool Development
• Using Technology to Enhance Aging in Place
• Observing Outdoor Activity Using Global Positioning System-Enabled Cell Phones
• Session 8: Social/Privacy/Security Issues
• MISS: Medicine Information Support System in the Smart Home Environment
• Challenges of Designing Privacy Enhanced Context-Aware Middleware for Assisted Healthcare
• Safety-Ensuring Systematic Design for Service Robots.