A constraint-based approach for proactive, context-aware human support

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-367

  Pecora, Federico ^a   Cirillo, Marcello ^a   Dell'Osa, Francesca ^a   Ullberg, Jonas ^a   Saffiotti, Alessandro ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activity recognition; constraint reasoning; Context awareness; continuous planning; temporal reasoning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; CONSTRAINT REASONING; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; CONTINUOUS PLANNING; TEMPORAL REASONING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864467200     PISSN: 18761364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AIS-2012-0157     Document Type: Article

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