An ontology-based hybrid approach to activity modeling for smart homes

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-105

  Chen, Liming ^a   Nugent, Chris ^b   Okeyo, George ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity model learning; Activity recognition; Ontology; Semantic reasoning; Smart homes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY DISCOVERIES; ACTIVITY MODELING; ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; ASSISTIVE LIVING SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; SEMANTIC REASONING; SMART HOMES;

AUTOMATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REUSABILITY;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84893148484     PISSN: 21682291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2013.2293714     Document Type: Article

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