Title :
The NOCTURNAL Ambient Assisted Living system
Author :
Carswell, W. ; Augusto, J. ; Mulvenna, M. ; Wallace, J. ; Martin, S. ; McCullagh, P.J. ; Zheng, H. ; Wang, H. ; McSorley, K. ; Taylor, B. ; Jeffers, W.P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Math., Univ. of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK
Abstract :
We describe the NOCTURNAL system which provides Ambient Assisted Living with a focus on night-time support. This paper explains the design principles, the technological infrastructure and the software intelligence which facilitates autonomous assistance in the form of therapeutic interventions.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; health care; multi-agent systems; neurophysiology; software agents; NOCTURNAL system; ambient assisted living system; autonomous assistance; night-time support; software intelligence; therapeutic interventions; Biomedical monitoring; Conferences; Dementia; Monitoring; Multiagent systems; Sensors; Ambient Assisted Living; multi-agent systems; night-time care; sensing; therapeutic interventions;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-767-2
