Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs
Ambient assisted living (AAL) is a complex field, where different technologies are integrated to offer solutions for the benefit of different stakeholders. Several evaluation techniques are commonly applied that tackle specific aspects of AAL; however, holistic evaluation approaches are lacking when...
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| author | Juan Bautista Montalvá Colomer Dario Salvi Maria Fernanda Cabrera-Umpierrez Maria Teresa Arredondo Patricia Abril Viveca Jimenez-Mixco Rebeca García-Betances Alessio Fioravanti Matteo Pastorino Jorge Cancela Alejandro Medrano |
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| description | Ambient assisted living (AAL) is a complex field, where different technologies are integrated to offer solutions for the benefit of different stakeholders. Several evaluation techniques are commonly applied that tackle specific aspects of AAL; however, holistic evaluation approaches are lacking when addressing the needs of both developers and end-users. Living labs have been often used as real-life test and experimentation environments for co-designing AAL technologies and validating them with relevant stakeholders. During the last five years, we have been evaluating AAL systems and services in the framework of various research projects. This paper presents the lessons learned in this experience and proposes a set of harmonized guidelines to conduct evaluations in living labs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20c6ef2a10f94aa5b8657ed0a2874a992022-12-22T02:15:17ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202014-04-011447277731110.3390/s140407277s140407277Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living LabsJuan Bautista Montalvá Colomer0Dario Salvi1Maria Fernanda Cabrera-Umpierrez2Maria Teresa Arredondo3Patricia Abril4Viveca Jimenez-Mixco5Rebeca García-Betances6Alessio Fioravanti7Matteo Pastorino8Jorge Cancela9Alejandro Medrano10Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainLife Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, SpainAmbient assisted living (AAL) is a complex field, where different technologies are integrated to offer solutions for the benefit of different stakeholders. Several evaluation techniques are commonly applied that tackle specific aspects of AAL; however, holistic evaluation approaches are lacking when addressing the needs of both developers and end-users. Living labs have been often used as real-life test and experimentation environments for co-designing AAL technologies and validating them with relevant stakeholders. During the last five years, we have been evaluating AAL systems and services in the framework of various research projects. This paper presents the lessons learned in this experience and proposes a set of harmonized guidelines to conduct evaluations in living labs.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/4/7277ambient assisted livingliving labverification and validationevaluation guidelines |
| spellingShingle | Juan Bautista Montalvá Colomer Dario Salvi Maria Fernanda Cabrera-Umpierrez Maria Teresa Arredondo Patricia Abril Viveca Jimenez-Mixco Rebeca García-Betances Alessio Fioravanti Matteo Pastorino Jorge Cancela Alejandro Medrano Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs Sensors ambient assisted living living lab verification and validation evaluation guidelines |
| title | Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs |
| title_full | Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs |
| title_fullStr | Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs |
| title_short | Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs |
| title_sort | experience in evaluating aal solutions in living labs |
| topic | ambient assisted living living lab verification and validation evaluation guidelines |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/4/7277 |
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