title: Software and knowledge engineering aspects of smart homes applied to health.
abstract: Smart Home technology offers a viable solution to the increasing needs of the elderly, special needs and home based-healthcare populations. The research to date has largely focused on the development of communication technologies, sensor technologies and intelligent user interfaces. We claim that this technological evolution has not been matched with a step of a similar size on the software counterpart. We particularly focus on the software that emphasizes the intelligent aspects of a Smart Home and the difficulties that arise from the computational analysis of the information collected from a Smart Home. The process of translating information into accurate diagnosis when using non-invasive technology is full of challenges, some of which have been considered in the literature to some extent but as yet without clear landmarks.
authors.affiliation: School of Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nugent
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olphert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004779:Environment Design; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D012985:Software Design; D013685:Telecommunications