Assisted Living Systems for Elderly and Disabled People: A Short Review by Ivo Iliev, Ivan Dotsinsky

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Energy-efficient blockchain implementation for Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks (CWCNs) by Premkumar Chithaluru, Fadi Al-Turjman, Thompson Stephan, Manoj Kumar, Leonardo Mostarda

“…The energy-hungry blockchain has been implemented on resource-constrained CWCN for ambient assisted living applications specialized for elderly care. …”
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How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: an overview, with example from eCAALYX by Tavares Carlos, Wheeler Steve, Boulos Maged, Jones Ray

“…We describe in detail the development of a smartphone app within eCAALYX (Enhanced Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment, 2009-2012), an EU-funded project for older people with multiple chronic conditions. …”
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A critical review on modelling formalisms and simulation tools in computational biosystems by Machado, Daniel, Costa, Rafael S., Rocha, Miguel, Rocha, Isabel, Tidor, Bruce, Ferreira, Eugenio C.

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Fast care by Hoppstock Sabrina, Kußmann Peter, Fischer-Hirchert Ulrich H.P.

“…The project fast care is working on a real-time capable sensor data analysis-framework in the fields of "Ambient Assisted Living" (AAL), "Human-Technology Interaction" (MTI) and "eHealth". …”
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CAALYX: a new generation of location-based services in healthcare by Sdogati Claudio, Ó Laighin Gearóid, Nelson John, Braecklein Martin, Tchoudovski Igor, Feld Robert, Bolz Armin, Vicente Manuel, Martins Angelo, Rocha Artur, Boulos Maged, Cesaroni Francesca, Antomarini Marco, Jobes Angela, Kinirons Mark

“…This paper introduces CAALYX – Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment, an EU-funded project that aims at increasing older people's autonomy and self-confidence by developing a wearable light device capable of measuring specific vital signs of the elderly, detecting falls and location, and communicating automatically in real-time with his/her care provider in case of an emergency, wherever the older person happens to be, at home or outside.…”
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AmI and Deployment Considerations in AAL Services Provision for Elderly Independent Living: The MonAMI Project by Alejandro Ibarz, Jose Ignacio Artigas, Luis Lain, Esteban Vaquerizo, Jorge L. Falcó

“…The MonAMI project aims to investigate the feasibility of the deployment of open platforms for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services provision based on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) and to test user acceptance and the usability of the services. …”
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Human Detection in Video Surveillance by Sushama Khanvilkar, Santosh Gupta, Hinal Rane, Calvin Galbaw

“…Recognition of the human activities in videos has gathered numerous demands in various applications of computer vision like Ambient Assisted Living, intelligent surveillance, Human-Computer interaction.One of the most pioneering techniques for Human Detection in Video Surveillance based on deep learning and this project mainly focuses on various approaches based on that. …”
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Hidden Markov models for presence detection based on CO2 fluctuations by Christos Karasoulas, Christoforos Keroglou, Eleftheria Katsiri, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis

“…Presence sensing systems are gaining importance and are utilized in various contexts such as smart homes, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and surveillance technology. …”
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An improved binary particle swarm optimisation for gene selection in classifying cancer classes by Mohamad, Mohd. Saberi, Zainal, Anazida, Deris, Safa'ai

Middleware framework for network virtualization in SHAAL by Khalid, Z., Fisal, N., Rozaini, M., Safdar, H., Ullah, R., Maqbool, W.

“…However, the demand of WSNs in Smart Home and Ambient Assisted Living (SHAAL) is the accumulation and allocation of multiple resources providing diverse services and applications. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Features in Action Recognition Using 3D Skeletal Joints by Mihai Trăscău, Mihai Nan, Adina Magda Florea

“…Robust action recognition methods lie at the cornerstone of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems employing optical devices. …”
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Cognitive assisted living ambient system: a survey by Ruijiao Li, Bowen Lu, Klaus D. McDonald-Maier

“…Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provide various solutions to help older adults to improve their quality of life, stay healthier, and live independently for a time. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is a field to investigate innovative technologies to provide assistance as well as healthcare and rehabilitation to impaired seniors. …”
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Decentralised Approach to Provision of Home Services by Vadym Kramar, Markku Korhonen, Serge Smidtas, Marjo Rauhala

“…The approach was developed Within the Advanced Support for Independent Living; Human Lifecycle Approach in Senior Housing (Lily) project, funded in the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme. The approach has a decentralised architecture and therefore differsfrom traditional approaches where services are provisioned via central nodes as via service portals or hubs, dedicated home platforms or systems. …”
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An iterative GASVM-based method: gene selection and classification of microarray data by Mohamad, Mohd. Saberi, Zainal, Anazida, Deris, Safa'ai

Efficiency of European Wood Science and Technology Educational Programmes in Including Green and Digital Topics by Luka Goropečnik, Petra Grošelj, Jože Kropivšek

“…Through interviews and analysis, we assessed the inclusion of green and digital (industry 4.0 and ambient assisted living) topics in wood science and technology educational programmes across different European countries. …”
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The Configuration of Older Users as Drivers of Innovation in the Design of Digital Technologies by Cordula Endter, Sebastian Merkel, Harald Künemund

“…We then describe the effects of this innovation policy on the development of products and older people as their users in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). To this end, we reconstruct the involvement of users in two AAL funding programs, one at the European level and one at the national level (Germany). …”
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Fast care – real-time sensor data analysis framework for intelligent assistance systems by Hein Albert, Grützmacher Florian, Haubelt Christian, Kirste Thomas

“…Main target of fast care is the development of a real-time capable sensor data analysis framework for intelligent assistive systems in the field of Ambient Assisted Living, eHealth, Tele Rehabilitation, and Tele Care. …”
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Tendencies in Multi-Agent Systems: A Systematic Literature Review by Mariana Falco, Gabriela Robiolo

“…From the analysis of 279 papers (out of 3522 candidates), our findings suggest that: a) there were 20 gaps related to agent-oriented methodologies; coordination, cooperation and negotiation; modelling, developing, testing and debugging; b) 24 gaps related to specific domains (recycling, dynamic evacuation, hazard management, health-care, industry, logistics and manufacturing, machine learning, ambient assisted living); and 14 gaps related to specific areas within MAS (A-Teams, dynamic MAS and mobile agents, ABMS, evolutionary MAS, and self-organizing MAS). …”
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A Graph-Attention-Based Method for Single-Resident Daily Activity Recognition in Smart Homes by Jiancong Ye, Hongjie Jiang, Junpei Zhong

“…In ambient-assisted living facilitated by smart home systems, the recognition of daily human activities is of great importance. …”
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