An agent-based approach to care in independent living

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6439 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 177-186

  Kaluža, Boštjan ^a   Mirchevska, Violeta ^b   Dovgan, Erik ^a   Luštrek, Mitja ^a   Gams, Matjaž ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Result Doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Disability detection; Fall detection; Independent living; Multi agent system; Remote care

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; DISABILITY DETECTION; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FALL DETECTION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; REMOTE CARE; UNUSUAL BEHAVIORS;

INDEPENDENT LIVING SYSTEMS; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 78649517787     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16917-5_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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