Assistive Environments for Individuals with Special Needs

Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 361-383

  Helal, Abdelsalam ^a   Lee, Choonhwa ^a   Mann, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive environments; Augmented awareness system; General reminder system; Mobile patient care giving assistant; Remote monitoring; RERC smart house; Smart environments for the elderly; SmartWave

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HOUSES; MIDDLEWARE;

ASSISTIVE; AWARENESS SYSTEMS; PATIENT CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; REMOTE MONITORING; SMART ENVIRONMENT; SMARTWAVE;

REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 46149085790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/047168659X.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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