A decision-theoretic approach to task assistance for persons with dementia

IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1293-1299

  Boger, Jennifer ^a   Poupart, Pascal ^b   Hoey, Jesse ^a   Boutilier, Craig ^a   Fernie, Geoff ^c   Mihailidis, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DECISION-THEORETIC; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84880705310     PISSN: 10450823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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