title: A methodological framework for the analysis of highly intensive, multimodal and heterogeneous data in the context of health-enabling technologies and ambient-assisted living.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  When applying health-enabling technologies (HET), researchers are faced with analyzing highly intensive, multimodal and heterogeneous data sets. Experience has shown that there is a lack of understanding concerning the relationship of analysis methods suitable for such data sets and their appropriate application.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this paper is to describe the present situation when analyzing data of HET and the main problems in this context, to present a nomenclature suitable for analysis methods in the context of HET, to present an example dealing with geriatric diseases that highlights the problems and the urgent need for results and to explain some steps for future work.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nomenclatures as standard tools in information processing are applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present an open three-axial mono-hierarchical nomenclature called SNOCAP-HET. Moreover, we explain other ideas to overcome the lack of systematization within the set of analysis methods suitable for HET.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our approach allows for an extension of SNOCAP-HET and will allow for the development and evaluation of different measures for the appropriateness of analysis methods given a certain highly intensive, multimodal and heterogeneous data set in the context of HET. Our final future aim is to obtain better results when analyzing medical data.
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School , Braunschweig , Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohlmann
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gietzelt
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haux
authors.forename: Bianying
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Klaus-Hendrik
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marschollek
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013597:Systems Analysis; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Ambient-assisted living; analysis methods; health-enabling technologies; methodology; nomenclature