Background With an ever-growing ageing population, dementia is fast becoming the chronic
disease of the 21 st century. Elderly people affected with dementia progressively lose their …

The presented work aims to contribute towards the standardization and the interoperability
off the Future Internet through an open and scalable architecture design. We present S 3 OiA …

Geo-analysis models are necessary tools for understanding various geo-processes and
phenomena in Earth's environment. Studying, reusing, sharing and integrating geo-analysis …

On account of chronic neurocognitive disorders, many people progressively lose their
autonomy and become more dependent on others, finally reaching the stage when they …

The increase of life expectancy in modern society has caused an increase in elderly
population. Elderly people want to live independently in their home environment for as long …

The advances of pervasive technology offer new standards for user comfort by adding
intelligence to ubiquitous home and office appliances. With intelligence being the core of …

To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its
changes. Modeling the context allows applications to better understand it and to adapt to its …

Recent years marked many smart environment solutions hitting the market and applying
latest pervasive computing research advancements on an industrial scale. Context-aware …

Technology is moving beyond the personal computer towards a trend of embedded
microprocessors in everyday objects and home appliances. The recent advances in sensor …

Smart environment applications have gained a lot of attention and acceptance from the
community. For this reason, many design and evaluation efforts target these applications …