Simulation of human behaviours for the validation of Ambient Intelligence services: A methodological approach

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-181

  Garcia Valverde, Teresa ^a   Campuzano, Francisco ^a   Serrano, Emilio ^a   Villa, Ana ^b   Botia, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Campus Espinardo   (Spain)

Author keywords

ambient assisted living; Ambient Intelligent; behaviour simulation; user modelling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE INTERACTION; AGENT BASED SOCIAL SIMULATION; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; AMBIENT INTELLIGENT; BEHAVIOUR SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HARD TASK; HUMAN BEHAVIOURS; KEY ELEMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NON-INTRUSIVE; PERVASIVE SYSTEMS; REAL APPLICATIONS; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; SOCIAL SIMULATIONS; USER MODELLING; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84861387612     PISSN: 18761364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AIS-2012-0147     Document Type: Article

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