title: Cognitive inference device for activity supervision in the elderly.
abstract: Human activity, life span, and quality of life are enhanced by innovations in science and technology. Aging individual needs to take advantage of these developments to lead a self-regulated life. However, maintaining a self-regulated life at old age involves a high degree of risk, and the elderly often fail at this goal. Thus, the objective of our study is to investigate the feasibility of implementing a cognitive inference device (CI-device) for effective activity supervision in the elderly. To frame the CI-device, we propose a device design framework along with an inference algorithm and implement the designs through an artificial neural model with different configurations, mapping the CI-device's functions to minimise the device's prediction error. An analysis and discussion are then provided to validate the feasibility of CI-device implementation for activity supervision in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Nilamadhab
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1330-4869
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chung-Chih
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8179-656X
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsien-Tsung
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4987-5943
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology