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Digital Avatars: Promoting Independent Living for Older Adults
Joint Authors
Canal, Carlos
Bertoa, Manuel F.
Moreno, Nathalie
Perez-Vereda, Alejandro
Bandera, David
Álvarez-Palomo, José M.
Source
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-11-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Population ageing, together with the desire to maintain an autonomous lifestyle, poses today’s societies with a challenge that technological advances can help considerably to cope with.
The widespread use of smartphones and their increasing computing power and storage capacity make them the ideal tool to achieve this goal.
In this paper, we present Digital Avatars, a software framework adapted to the needs of older adults who wish to preserve their lifestyle, but who require assistance through technology.
Building on previous work on the People as a Service model, Digital Avatars takes advantage of a smartphone’s capabilities and services to collect information about the people who own them.
To do this, it applies Complex Event Processing techniques extended with uncertainty to infer the habits, preferences, and needs of the device owner to build with them an enhanced virtual profile of the user.
These virtual profiles are the mechanism for monitoring the quality of life of older adults: analyzing their patterns of activity, reminding them of medication schedules, or detecting risky situations that generate alerts to relatives, caregivers, or the community health system.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bertoa, Manuel F.& Moreno, Nathalie& Perez-Vereda, Alejandro& Bandera, David& Álvarez-Palomo, José M.& Canal, Carlos. 2020. Digital Avatars: Promoting Independent Living for Older Adults. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bertoa, Manuel F.…[et al.]. Digital Avatars: Promoting Independent Living for Older Adults. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bertoa, Manuel F.& Moreno, Nathalie& Perez-Vereda, Alejandro& Bandera, David& Álvarez-Palomo, José M.& Canal, Carlos. Digital Avatars: Promoting Independent Living for Older Adults. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214896
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1214896