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Journal of Medical Systems

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01-10-2015 | Patient Facing Systems

Towards Context-Aware and User-Centered Analysis in Assistive Environments:

A Methodology and a Software Tool

Authors: Jesús Fontecha, Ramón Hervás, Tania Mondéjar, Iván González, José Bravo

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 10/2015

Abstract

One of the main challenges on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is to reach an appropriate acceptance level of the assistive systems, as well as to analyze and monitor end user tasks in a feasible and efficient way. The development and evaluation of AAL solutions based on user-centered perspective help to achive these goals. In this work, we have designed a methodology to integrate and develop analytics user-centered tools into assistive systems. An analysis software tool gathers information of end users from adapted psychological questionnaires and naturalistic observation of their own context. The aim is to enable an in-deep analysis focused on improving the life quality of elderly people and their caregivers.

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Title: Towards Context-Aware and User-Centered Analysis in Assistive Environments:
A Methodology and a Software Tool
Authors: Jesús Fontecha
Ramón Hervás
Tania Mondéjar
Iván González
José Bravo
Publication date: 01-10-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0291-6

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Towards Context-Aware and User-Centered Analysis in Assistive Environments:

A Methodology and a Software Tool

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