Experience in evaluating AAL solutions in living labs.
Ambient assisted living (AAL) is a complex field, where different technologies are integrated to offer solutions for the benefit of different stakeholders. Several evaluation techniques are commonly applied that tackle specific aspects of AAL; however, holistic evaluation approaches are lacking when addressing the needs of both developers and end-users. Living labs have been often used as real-life test and experimentation environments for co-designing AAL technologies and validating them with relevant stakeholders. During the last five years, we have been evaluating AAL systems and services in the framework of various research projects. This paper presents the lessons learned in this experience and proposes a set of harmonized guidelines to conduct evaluations in living labs.
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. jmontalva@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Juan Bautista Montalvá
JB
Colomer
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. dsalvi@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Dario
D
Salvi
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. chiqui@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Maria Fernanda
MF
Cabrera-Umpierrez
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. mta@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Maria Teresa
MT
Arredondo
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. pabril@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Patricia
P
Abril
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. vjimenez@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Viveca
V
Jimenez-Mixco
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. rgarcia@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Rebeca
R
García-Betances
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. afioravanti@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Alessio
A
Fioravanti
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. mpastorino@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Matteo
M
Pastorino
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. jcancela@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Jorge
J
Cancela
Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain. amedrano@lst.tfo.upm.es.
Alejandro
A
Medrano
D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface