A Fuzzy Logic-Based Method for Evaluating AAL Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara Madjid ◽  
Olfa Lamouchi ◽  
Manolo Dulva Hina ◽  
Amar Ramdane-Cherif
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Evaluation Approach

The Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) domain aims to support the daily life activities of elders, patients with chronic conditions, and disabled people. Several AAL platforms have been developed over the last two decades. Hence, there is a need to identify Quality Criteria (QC) and make it well defined in order to achieve the AAL system purposes. To be able to convince all stakeholders including both technologies and end users of AAL systems, high quality must be guaranteed. The goal of this article is to obtain a set of data quality characteristics that would be applicable to AAL system, and have its performance evaluated using sensors' data. To this end, this work uses the ISO/IEC 25012 and ISO/IEC 25010 standards to extract the most relevant criteria that are apt for AAL systems. As a result, an evaluation approach on an indoor localization platform was made, and an evaluation procedure has been established. This is done by first generating a hierarchical data quality model, and have it evaluated using the metrics, based on the sensors data and the concept of fuzzy logic.

A Distributed Storage System Using a Mobile Ad hoc Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-89
Author(s):  
Arhantika Nathaniel ◽  
Angelic Goyal ◽  
Parmeet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Distributed Storage ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Quality Model

The Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) domain aims to support the daily life activities of elders, patients with chronic conditions, and disabled people. Several AAL platforms have been developed over the last two decades. Hence, there is a need to identify Quality Criteria (QC) and make it well defined in order to achieve the AAL system purposes. To be able to convince all stakeholders including both technologies and end users of AAL systems, high quality must be guaranteed. The goal of this article is to obtain a set of data quality characteristics that would be applicable to AAL system, and have its performance evaluated using sensor data. To this end, this work uses the ISO/IEC 25012 and ISO/IEC 25010 standards to extract the most relevant criteria that are apt for AAL systems. As a result, an evaluation approach on an indoor localization platform was made, and an evaluation procedure has been established. This is done by first generating a hierarchical data quality model, and have it evaluated using the metrics, based on the sensor data and the concept of fuzzy logic.

scholarly journals Ontology Software Quality Model for Fuzzy Logic Evaluation Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 637-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madjid Kara ◽  
Olfa Lamouchi ◽  
Amar Ramdane-Cherif
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Evaluation Approach

scholarly journals Network-based approaches for evaluating ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies

Evaluation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Gomersall ◽  
Louise Nygård ◽  
Alex Mihailidis ◽  
Andrew Sixsmith ◽  
Amy S. Hwang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
Evaluation Approaches ◽  
The Impact

Ambient assisted living technologies could support people experiencing physical or cognitive challenges, to maintain social identities and complex activities of daily living. Although there has been substantial investment in developing ambient assisted living innovation, less effort has been devoted to understanding how to evaluate the impact of ambient assisted living on physical and mental health. Taking a theory-based evaluation approach, we suggest firstly that ambient assisted living technologies rely on networks of people and organizations to function, and secondly, analysing the changing structure of networks can bridge the gap between socio-technological change and individual-level capabilities. We present conceptual arguments for taking a network perspective in ambient assisted living evaluations, illustrated with examples from our own group’s work on technology use among older people with cognitive impairments. We then discuss the different types of network-based evaluation approaches available, their theoretical assumptions, and the sort of research questions they could address.

scholarly journals Localino T-shirt: The Real-time Indoor Localization in Ambient Assisted Living Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 196-204
Author(s):  
Stefania Dhamo ◽  
Savvas Vassiliadis ◽  
Ilias Skouras ◽  
Panagiotis Papageorgas ◽  
Ilda Kazani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Mobile User ◽  
Solar Panel ◽  
Home Healthcare ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Smart Textiles ◽  
Localization Accuracy

In the last decade, smart textiles have become very popular as a concept and have found use in many applications, such as military, electronics, automotive, and medical ones. In the medical area, smart textiles research is focused more on biomonitoring, telemedicine, rehabilitation, sport medicine or home healthcare systems.In this research, the development and localization accuracy measurements of a smart T-shirt are presented, which will be used by elderly people for indoor localization in ambient assisted living applications. The proposed smart T-shirt and the work presented is considered to be applicable in cases of elderly, toddlers or even adults in indoor environments where their continuous real-time localization is critical. This smart T-shirt integrates a localization sensor, namely the Localino sensor, together with a solar panel for energy harvesting when the user is moving outdoors, as well as a battery/power bank that is both connected to the solar panel and the Localino sensor for charging and power supply respectively. Moreover, a mock-up house was deployed, where the Localino platform anchors were deployed at strategic points within the house area. Localino sensor nodes were installed in all the house rooms, from which we obtained the localization accuracy measurements. Furthermore, the localization accuracy was also measured for a selected number of mobile user scenarios, in order to assess the platform accuracy in both static and mobile user cases.Details about the implementation of the T-shirt, the selection and integration of the electronics parts, and the mock-up house, as well as about the localization accuracy measurements results are presented in the paper.

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