The independent life style assistant: Lessons learned

Assistive Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-106

  Haigh, Karen Zita ^a   Kiff, Liana M ^a   Ho, Geoffrey ^a  

^a HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder care; Machine learning; Ontology; Passive monitoringtent recognition

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; ELDER CARE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; INDEPENDENT LIVES; MACHINE LEARNING; PASSIVE MONITORINGTENT RECOGNITION; REAL-TIME RESPONSE; SENSING MODEL; SITUATION ASSESSMENT; SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

ONTOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; BIOENGINEERING; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIFESTYLE; MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746390604     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2006.10131909     Document Type: Article

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