Smart homes and their users: a systematic analysis and key challenges

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 463-476

  Wilson, Charlie ^a   Hargreaves, Tom ^a   Hauxwell Baldwin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Energy; Households; Smart homes; Technologies; Users

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

ENERGY; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HOUSEHOLDS; SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY; SMART HOMES; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; USERS;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 85028171819     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: 16174917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-014-0813-0     Document Type: Article

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