Flexibility support for homecare applications based on models and multi-agent technology

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 31939-31964

  Armentia, Aintzane ^a   Gangoiti, Unai ^a   Priego, Rafael ^a   Estévez, Elisabet ^b   Marcos, Marga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

AAL systems; Adaptability; Availability; Domain modeling; Homecare; Multi agent systems; Stateful components

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MIDDLEWARE;

ADAPTABILITY; ADAPTATION REQUIREMENTS; DOMAIN MODEL; FLEXIBILITY MECHANISMS; HOMECARE; MULTI-AGENT TECHNOLOGIES; STATEFUL COMPONENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORK; ELDERLY CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOFTWARE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84950282492     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151229899     Document Type: Article

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