Title :
Socialware for People with Disabilities
Author :
Hattori, Fumio ; Kuwabara, Kazuhiro ; Kuwahara, Noriaki ; Abe, Shinji ; Yasuda, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Ritsumeikan Univ., Kyoto
Abstract :
Socialware is multiagent systems for supporting social activities in the symbiotic society. In this article, we focused on supporting people with cognitive disabilities such as dementia, aphasia, higher cerebral dysfunction and aged people with cognitive decline. We propose a general architecture of the socialware for people with disabilities as multiagent systems which are composed of personal agents, communication agents, and community agents. Three experimental systems are introduced: networked reminiscence system, walk navigation system using photographs, and conversation support for people with aphasia.
Keywords :
diseases; handicapped aids; multi-agent systems; social sciences computing; aged people; aphasia; cognitive decline; cognitive disabilities; communication agents; community agents; dementia; disabled people; higher cerebral dysfunction; multiagent system; personal agents; social activities; socialware; symbiotic computing; symbiotic society; system architecture; Aging; Computer networks; Dementia; Hospitals; Medical treatment; Multiagent systems; Pervasive computing; Road accidents; Space technology; Symbiosis; Symbiotic computing; multiagent system; people with disabilities; socialware;
Conference_Titel :
Cognitive Informatics, 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lake Tahoo, CA
Print_ISBN :
9781-4244-1327-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1328-7
DOI :
10.1109/COGINF.2007.4341905
