A configurable sensor network applied to ambient assisted living

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10724-10737

  Villacorta, Juan J ^a   Jiménez, María I ^a   del Val, Lara ^a   Izquierdo, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient assisted living; Data fusion; Sensor network

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; FALLING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NURSING HOMES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 82055185631     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111110724     Document Type: Article

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