Applying context-aware techniques to design remote assisted living applications

International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-378

  Sztajnberg, Alexandre ^a   Rodrigues, André Luiz B ^a   Bezerra, Leila N ^a   Loques, Orlando G ^b   Alessandro, Copetti ^b   Carvalho, Sérgio T ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

context aware applications; e health; remote assisted living; ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954895331     PISSN: 17562104     EISSN: 17562112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIPM.2009.030833     Document Type: Article

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