1st International ICST Workshop on Wireless Pervasive Healthcare

Research Article

Pervasive wireless-sensor-networks for home healthcare need automatic reasoning

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5974,
        author={Davide Merico and Alessandra Mileo and Roberto Bisiani},
        title={Pervasive wireless-sensor-networks for home healthcare need automatic reasoning},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Wireless Pervasive Healthcare},
        proceedings_a={WIPH},
        year={2009},
        month={8},
        keywords={Wireless Sensor Networks Home Healthcare Reasoning.},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5974}
    }
    
  • Davide Merico
    Alessandra Mileo
    Roberto Bisiani
    Year: 2009
    Pervasive wireless-sensor-networks for home healthcare need automatic reasoning
    WIPH
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.5974
Davide Merico1,*, Alessandra Mileo1,*, Roberto Bisiani1,*
  • 1: NOMADIS Lab., University of Milano-Bicocca, viale Sarca, 336/14, 1-20126 Milan MI, Italy.
*Contact email: davide.merico@nomadis.unimib.it, alessandra.mileo@nomadis.unimib.it, roberto.bisiani@nomadis.unimib.it

Abstract

This paper deals with the problems of using pervasive wireless sensor networks to monitor people that live in their homes and have no critical chronic condition. The rich set of sensors that can be used and their sheer number make it quite complex to interpret the data: in the paper we argue that it is possible and very useful to add a reasoning component to the architecture. We also delve into the various open research questions that must be solved in order to build really effective home health-monitoring systems.