CoCaMAAL: A cloud-oriented context-aware middleware in ambient assisted living

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-127

  Forkan, Abdur ^a,b   Khalil, Ibrahim ^a,b   Tari, Zahir ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient assisted living; Ambient intelligence; Body sensor; Cloud computing; Context aware service

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING (AAL); AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; BODY SENSORS; CONTEXT AWARE MIDDLEWARE; CONTEXT AWARE SERVICES; CONTEXT-MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES;

BIOSENSORS; CLOUD COMPUTING; DATA PROCESSING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MIDDLEWARE; SENSORS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); VIRTUAL REALITY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84897584781     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. T. Kleinberger, M. Becker, E. Ras, A. Holzinger, and P. Müller Ambient intelligence in assisted living: enable elderly people to handle future interfaces Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Ambient Interaction 2007 103 112
2. J. Ye, S. Dobson, and S. McKeever Situation identification techniques in pervasive computing: a review Pervasive and Mobile Computing 8 2012 36 66
3. S. Kern, and D. Jaron Healthcare technology, economics, and policy: an evolving balance IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine: the Quarterly Magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Vol. 22 2003 16
4. F. Sufi, I. Khalil, Z. Tari, A cardiod based technique to identify cardiovascular diseases using mobile phones and body sensors, in: 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, IEEE, pp. 5500-5503.
5. P. Remagnino, and G. Foresti Ambient intelligence: a new multidisciplinary paradigm IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans 35 2005 1 6
6. A. Schmidt Interactive context-aware systems interacting with ambient intelligence Ambient Intelligence 2005 159 178
7. A. Dey Understanding and using context Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 5 2001 4 7
8. R. Buyya, C. Yeo, S. Venugopal, J. Broberg, and I. Brandic Cloud computing and emerging it platforms: vision, hype, and reality for delivering computing as the 5th utility Future Generation Computer Systems 25 2009 599 616
9. D. Hoang, L. Chen, Mobile cloud for assistive healthcare (mocash), in: 2010 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, APSCC, IEEE, pp. 325-332.
10. F. Azzedin, M. Eltoweissy, and S. Khwaja Overview of service oriented architecture for resource management in P2P systems The Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications 2009
11. P. Emiliani, and C. Stephanidis Universal access to ambient intelligence environments: opportunities and challenges for people with disabilities IBM Systems Journal 44 2005 605 619
12. K. Johnson, A. Bamer, K. Yorkston, and D. Amtmann Use of cognitive aids and other assistive technology by individuals with multiple sclerosis Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 4 2009 1 8
13. F. Zhou, J. Jiao, S. Chen, and D. Zhang A case-driven ambient intelligence system for elderly in-home assistance applications IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews 2010 1 11
14. T. Taleb, D. Bottazzi, M. Guizani, and H. Nait-Charif Angelah: a framework for assisting elders at home IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 27 2009 480 494
15. F. Paganelli, E. Spinicci, and D. Giuli Ermhan: a context-aware service platform to support continuous care networks for home-based assistance International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications 2008 2008 4
16. K. Cho, I. Hwang, S. Kang, B. Kim, J. Lee, S. Lee, S. Park, J. Song, and Y. Rhee HiCon: a hierarchical context monitoring and composition framework for next-generation context-aware services IEEE Network 22 2008 34 42
17. J. Hong, E. Suh, and S. Kim Context-aware systems: a literature review and classification Expert Systems with Applications 36 2009 8509 8522
18. T. Gu, H. Pung, and D. Zhang Toward an osgi-based infrastructure for context-aware applications IEEE Pervasive Computing 3 2004 66 74
19. S. Baek, E. Choi, J. Huh, and K. Park Sensor information management mechanism for context-aware service in ubiquitous home IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 53 2007 1393 1400
20. H. Viswanathan, B. Chen, and D. Pompili Research challenges in computation, communication, and context awareness for ubiquitous healthcare IEEE Communications Magazine 50 2012 92 99
21. J. Bardram The java context awareness framework (JCAF)-a service infrastructure and programming framework for context-aware applications Pervasive Computing 2005 98 115
22. N. Behlouli, C. Taconet, G. Bernard, An architecture for supporting development and execution of context-aware component applications, in: ICPS'06: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services 2006, pp. 57-66.
23. S. Yau, F. Karim, Y. Wang, B. Wang, and S. Gupta Reconfigurable context-sensitive middleware for pervasive computing IEEE Pervasive Computing 1 2002 33 40
24. Y. Oh, J. Han, and W. Woo A context management architecture for large-scale smart environments IEEE Communications Magazine 48 2010 118 126
25. W. Kurschl, S. Mitsch, J. Schoenboeck, Modeling situation-aware ambient assisted living systems for eldercare, in: Sixth International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, 2009, ITNG'09, IEEE, pp. 1214-1219.
26. K. Henricksen, J. Indulska, and A. Rakotonirainy Modeling context information in pervasive computing systems Pervasive Computing 2002 79 117
27. D. Bottazzi, A. Corradi, and R. Montanari Context-aware middleware solutions for anytime and anywhere emergency assistance to elderly people IEEE Communications Magazine 44 2006 82 90
28. G. Van Den Broek, F. Cavallo, and C. Wehrmann AALIANCE Ambient Assisted Living Roadmap, Vol. 6 2010 IOS Press Inc.
29. M. Amoretti, S. Copelli, F. Wientapper, F. Furfari, S. Lenzi, and S. Chessa Sensor data fusion for activity monitoring in the persona ambient assisted living project Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 2011 1 18
30. R. Woolrych, and A. Sixsmith Challenges of user-centred research in the development of ambient assisted living systems Impact Analysis of Solutions for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management 2012 1 8
31. Q. Wang, W. Shin, X. Liu, Z. Zeng, C. Oh, B. AlShebli, M. Caccamo, C. Gunter, E. Gunter, J. Hou, et al. I-living: an open system architecture for assisted living, in: IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2006, SMC'06, Vol. 5, IEEE, pp. 4268-4275.
32. Amigo, Amigo: ambient intelligence for the networked home environment, 2008.
33. E. Badidi, L. Esmahi, A cloud-based approach for context information provisioning, 2011. Arxiv Preprint arXiv:1105.2213.
34. A. Gill, D. Bunker, Conceptualization of a context aware cloud adaptation (CACA) framework, in: 2011 IEEE Ninth International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, DASC, IEEE, pp. 760-767.
35. A. Devlic, E. Klintskog, Context retrieval and distribution in a mobile distributed environment, in: Third Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems, CAPS 2007, Guildford, UK.
36. C. Rolim, F. Koch, C. Westphall, J. Werner, A. Fracalossi, G. Salvador, A cloud computing solution for patient's data collection in health care institutions, in: Second International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, 2010, ETELEMED'10, IEEE, pp. 95-99.
37. N. Fernando, S. Loke, and W. Rahayu Mobile cloud computing: a survey Future Generation Computer Systems 2012
38. S. Pandey, W. Voorsluys, S. Niu, A. Khandoker, and R. Buyya An autonomic cloud environment for hosting ECG data analysis services Future Generation Computer Systems 28 2012 147 154
39. E. Ekonomou, L. Fan, W. Buchanan, C. Thuemmler, An integrated cloud-based healthcare infrastructure, in: 2011 IEEE Third International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, CloudCom, IEEE, pp. 532-536.
40. G. Fortino, M. Pathan, G. Di Fatta, BodyCloud: integration of cloud computing and body sensor networks, in: Proc. of IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2012), Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 3-6, 2012.
41. A. Pantelopoulos, and N. Bourbakis A survey on wearable sensor-based systems for health monitoring and prognosis IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews 40 2010 1 12
42. H. Alemdar, and C. Ersoy Wireless sensor networks for healthcare: a survey Computer Networks 54 2010 2688 2710
43. C. Bettini, O. Brdiczka, K. Henricksen, J. Indulska, D. Nicklas, A. Ranganathan, and D. Riboni A survey of context modelling and reasoning techniques Pervasive and Mobile Computing 6 2010 161 180
44. A. Lounis, A. Hadjidj, A. Bouabdallah, Y. Challal, Secure and scalable cloud-based architecture for e-health wireless sensor networks, in: 2012 21st International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN, IEEE, pp. 1-7.
45. M. Rahman, A. El Saddik, W. Gueaieb, Data visualization: from body sensor network to social networks, in: IEEE International Workshop on Robotic and Sensors Environments, 2009, ROSE 2009, IEEE, pp. 157-162.
46. K. Laerhoven, H. Gellersen, Y. Malliaris, Long term activity monitoring with a wearable sensor node, in: International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006, BSN 2006, IEEE, pp. 4-pp.
47. G. Fortino, R. Giannantonio, R. Gravina, P. Kuryloski, and R. Jafari Enabling effective programming and flexible management of efficient body sensor network applications IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 43 1 2013 115 133
48. C. Otto, A. Milenkovic, C. Sanders, and E. Jovanov System architecture of a wireless body area sensor network for ubiquitous health monitoring Journal of Mobile Multimedia 1 2006 307 326
49. F. Bellifemine, G. Fortino, R. Giannantonio, R. Gravina, A. Guerrieri, and M. Sgroi SPINE: a domain-specific framework for rapid prototyping of WBSN applications Software Practice and Experience 41 3 2011 237 265 10.1002/spe
50. B. Korel, and S. Koo A survey on context-aware sensing for body sensor networks Wireless Sensor Network 2 2010 571 583
51. N. Raveendranathan, S. Galzarano, V. Loseu, R. Gravina, R. Giannantonio, M. Sgroi, R. Jafari, and G. Fortino From modeling to implementation of virtual sensors in body sensor networks IEEE Sensors Journal 12 2012 583 593
52. J. Mocholí, P. Sala, C. Fernández-Llatas, J. Naranjo, Ontology for modeling interaction in ambient assisted living environments, in: XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010, Springer, pp. 655-658.
53. A. Devaraju, S. Hoh, Ontology-based context modeling for user-centered context-aware services platform, in: International Symposium on Information Technology, 2008, ITSim 2008, Vol. 2, IEEE, pp. 1-7.
54. P. Antonino, D. Schneider, C. Hofmann, and E. Nakagawa Evaluation of aal platforms according to architecture-based quality attributes Ambient Intelligence 2011 264 274
55. M. Aslam, S. Rea, D. Pesch, Service provisioning for the WSN cloud, in: 2012 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD, IEEE, pp. 962-969.
56. X. Huang, Y. He, Y. Hou, L. Li, L. Sun, S. Zhang, Y. Jiang, and T. Zhang Privacy of value-added context-aware service cloud Cloud Computing 2009 Springer 547 552
57. M. Nkosi, F. Mekuria, Cloud computing for enhanced mobile health applications, in: 2010 IEEE Second International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, CloudCom, IEEE, pp. 629-633.
58. L. Wang, T. Gu, H. Chen, X. Tao, J. Lu, Real-time activity recognition in wireless body sensor networks: from simple gestures to complex activities, in: 2010 IEEE 16th International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, RTCSA, IEEE, pp. 43-52.
59. D. Guermeur, and A. Unruh Google App Engine Java and GWT Application Development: Build Powerful, Scalable, and Interactive Web Apps in the Cloud 2010 Packt
60. A. Pantelopoulos, N. Bourbakis, A formal language approach for multi-sensor wearable health-monitoring systems, in: 8th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, 2008, BIBE 2008, IEEE, pp. 1-7.
61. T. Suzuki, Y. Oyama, Y. Nakauchi, Intelligent medicine case system with distributed rfid readers, in: 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, IEEE, pp. 344-347.
62. A. Hristova, A.M. Bernardos, J.R. Casar, Context-aware services for ambient assisted living: a case-study, in: First International Symposium on Applied Sciences on Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2008, ISABEL'08, IEEE, pp. 1-5.
63. Y.-C. Chen, Y.-W. Lin, Indoor RFID gait monitoring system for fall detection, in: 2010 2nd International Symposium on Aware Computing, ISAC, IEEE, pp. 207-212.
64. C.-N. Huang, C.-Y. Chiang, J.-S. Chang, Y.-C. Chou, Y.-X. Hong, S.J. Hsu, W.-C. Chu, C.-T. Chan, Location-aware fall detection system for medical care quality improvement, in: Third International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 2009, MUE'09, IEEE, pp. 477-480.
65. D. Gross, C.M. Harris, Fundamentals of queueing theory (1998) ISBN: 0-471-17083.
66. L. Wang, R. Ranjan, and J. Chen Cloud Computing: Methodology, System, and Applications 2011 CRC Press LLC