An Agent-Based Approach to Care in Independent Living

This paper presents a multi-agent system for the care of elderly people living at home on their own, with the aim to prolong their independence. The system is composed of seven groups of agents providing a reliable, robust and flexible monitoring by sensing the user in the environment, reconstructing the position and posture to create the physical awareness of the user in the environment, reacting to critical situations, calling for help in the case of an emergency, and issuing warnings if unusual behavior is detected. The system has been tested during several on-line demonstrations.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: AMI
• Authors: Bostjan Kaluza, Violeta Mirchevska, Erik Dovgan, Mitja Lustrek, Matjaz Gams
• Keywords: AMI 2010, Artificial Intelligence, Elderly People, Flexible Monitoring, Physical Awareness