Lynx: Automatic Elderly Behavior Prediction in Home Telecare

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Authors: Lopez-Guede, Jose Manuel, Moreno-Fernandez-de-Leceta, Aitor, Martinez-Garcia, Alexeiw, Grana, Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Assisted Living Facilities; Caregivers; Electronic Health Records; Home care; Home Care Services; Humans; Informatics; Knowledge management; Lynx; Machine learning; Methods; Natural language; Older people; Ontology; Physiology; Sensors; Technology application; Telemedicine; Spain

This paper introduces Lynx, an intelligent system for personal safety at home environments, oriented to elderly people living independently, which encompasses a decision support machine for automatic home risk prevention, tested in real-life environments to respond to real time situations. The autom...