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Testing Intelligent Solutions for the Ambient Assisted Living in a Simulator

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Davide Calvaresi,

Paolo Calvaresi,

Matteo Pierdicca,

Enrico Morbidelli,

Aldo Franco DragoniAuthors Info & Claims

PETRA '16: Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

Article No.: 71, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2935829

Published: 29 June 2016 Publication History

Abstract

The number of proposals involving ICT-based intelligent solutions for the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is continuously increasing. Thus, tests and a validation process are crucial for implementing effective systems. However, testing and validating software systems for the AAL in real environments are onerous and safety-critical tasks. Problems often arise when the software is being installed in a real smart home: unpredicted scenarios can occur, thus forcing the designer to perform complex fixing when it is too late. This paper proposes the adoption of a 3D simulator to speed up the development and testing phases of software for AAL systems, by restricting possible issues occurring during the tests in real scenarios. The paper describes the architecture of the simulator and the implemented virtual environment. Moreover, it presents a use case, highlighting how the simulator allows decoupling the software to manage a smart home from the hardware components.

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Colantonio SJovanovic MZdravevski ELameski PTellioglu HKampel MFlorez-Revuelta FMakedon F(2022)Are Active and Assisted Living applications addressing the main acceptance concerns of their beneficiaries? Preliminary insights from a scoping reviewProceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments10.1145/3529190.3534753(414-421)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2022
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https://doi.org/10.1109/DESSERT.2019.8770048

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Colantonio SJovanovic MZdravevski ELameski PTellioglu HKampel MFlorez-Revuelta FMakedon F(2022)Are Active and Assisted Living applications addressing the main acceptance concerns of their beneficiaries? Preliminary insights from a scoping reviewProceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments10.1145/3529190.3534753(414-421)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3529190.3534753
Golestan SStroulia ENikolaidis I(2022)Smart Indoor Space Simulation Methodologies: A ReviewIEEE Sensors Journal10.1109/JSEN.2022.315920522:9(8337-8359)Online publication date: 1-May-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3159205
Augusto JJose Quinde MOguego C(2019)Context-aware Systems Testing and Validation2019 10th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT)10.1109/DESSERT.2019.8770048(7-12)Online publication date: Jun-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/DESSERT.2019.8770048

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