Ambient Assisted Living and Enhanced Living Environments. Principles, Technologies and Control

530 Pages·2016·18.08 MB·English

by  Ciprian Dobre

AMBIENT
ASSISTED LIVING
AND ENHANCED
LIVING
ENVIRONMENTS

AMBIENT ASSISTED
LIVING AND
ENHANCED LIVING
ENVIRONMENTS
Principles, Technologies and Control
Editedby
CIPRIANDOBRE
UniversityPolitehnicaofBucharest,Romania
CONSTANDINOSX.MAVROMOUSTAKIS
UniversityofNicosia,Cyprus
NUNOM.GARCIA
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da
BeiraInterior,Portugal
ROSSITZAI.GOLEVA
TechnicalUniversityofSofia,Bulgaria
GEORGEMASTORAKIS
TechnologicalEducationalInstituteofCrete,
Greece
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DEDICATIONS
Special thanks go to my family, Anamaria-Raluca and Iulia-Raluca, for their un-
conditional love and support, understanding and patience.
Ciprian Dobre
To my wife Aphrodite for her love, patience and caring.
Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis
Tomyfriendsandcolleagueswhoteamuptoachievehighergoalsandtomyfamily,
grateful for your love, wisdom and for being a permanent source of strength.
Nuno M. Garcia
To all who believe in me.
Rossitza I. Goleva
To my son Nikos, who makes me proud every day.
George Mastorakis
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CONTRIBUTORS
GhufranAhmed
COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad,
Pakistan
RalucaMariaAileni
PolitehnicaUniversityofBucharest,FacultyofElectronics,Telecommunication
andInformationTechnology,Romania
IonutAnghel
TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania
NaumanAslam
DepartmentofComputerScienceandDigitalTechnologies,Facultyof
Engineering,NorthumbriaUniversity,Newcastle,UK
AbdullahBalcı
EgeUniversity,DepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicsEngineering,Turkey
LiviuBreniuc
“GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering,
Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania
IvanChorbev
FacultyofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversitySsCyrilandMethodius,
ul.RugjerBoskovic16,Karpos2,1000Skopje,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof
Macedonia
ChandreyeeChowdhury
JadavpurUniversity,Kolkota,India
TudorCioara
TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania
ValeriuDavid
“GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering,
Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania
AntonioDelCampo
DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche,
ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy
CiprianDobre
UniversityofPolitehnicaofBucharest,Bucharest,Romania
xiii
xiv Contributors
ElisaFelici
INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5,
I-60124Ancona,Italy
EnnioGambi
DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche,
ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy
NunoM.Garcia
InstitutodeTelecomunicações,Covilhã,Portugal
UniversidadedaBeiraInterior,Covilhã,Portugal
UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias,Lisbon,Portugal
AlejandroGarcíaMarchena
IngenieríaYSolucionesInformáticasdelSurS.L.,Spain
RossitzaI.Goleva
TechnicalUniversityofSofia,Kl.Ohridskiblvd8,FacultyofTelecommunications,
DepartmentofCommunicationNetworks,1756Sofia,Bulgaria
SérgioGuerreiro
UniversidadedaBeiraInterior,Covilhã,Portugal
UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias,Lisbon,Portugal
Cristian-Gyo˝zo˝ Haba
“GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering,
Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania
VasosHadjioannou
DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofNicosia,46Makedonitissa
Avenue,1700Nicosia,Cyprus
NajmulHassan
CapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,IslamabadExpressway,Kahuta
Road,Zone-V,Islamabad,Pakistan
HilalJan
COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad,
Pakistan
ElisaJimeno
IngenieríaYSolucionesInformáticasdelSurS.L.,Spain
HelmutLeopold
AustrianInstituteofTechnology,Austria
MaríaLindén
SchoolofInnovation,Design&Engineering,MälardalenUniversity,Västerås,
Sweden
Contributors xv
JavierMalagónHernández
TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication,
PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain
MaríaLuisaMartínRuiz
TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication,
PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain
GeorgeMastorakis
DepartmentofBusinessAdministration,TechnologicalEducationalInstituteof
Crete,Heraklion,Crete,Greece
ConstandinosX.Mavromoustakis
DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofNicosia,46Makedonitissa
Avenue,1700Nicosia,Cyprus
LauraMontanini
DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche,
ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy
DavidePerla
DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche,
ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy
LauraRaffaeli
DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche,
ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy
MuhammadRiaz
CapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,IslamabadExpressway,Kahuta
Road,Zone-V,Islamabad,Pakistan
LorenaRossi
INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5,
I-60124Ancona,Italy
IoanSalomie
TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania
VictorSanchezMartin
EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,Netherlands
MahamShahid
COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad,
Pakistan
AzfarShakeel
COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad,
Pakistan
RadosvetaI.Sokullu
EgeUniversity,DepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicsEngineering,Turkey
xvi Contributors
SusannaSpinsante
DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche,
ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy
RumenStainov
AppliedComputerScienceDepartment,UniversityofAppliedSciences,Leipziger
Strasse123,D-36037,Fulda,Germany
VeraStara
INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5,
I-60124Ancona,Italy
RodicaStrungaru
PolitehnicaUniversityofBucharest,FacultyofElectronics,Telecommunication
andInformationTechnology,Romania
LoizosToumbas
UniversityofNicosiaMedicalSchool,StGeorge’sUniversityofLondonMedical
School,Nicosia,Cyprus
VladimirTrajkovik
FacultyofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversitySsCyrilandMethodius,
ul.RugjerBoskovic16,Karpos2,1000Skopje,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof
Macedonia
SaifulIslam
COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad,
Pakistan
LauraVadilloMoreno
TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication,
PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain
AlbertoCarlosValderrama
PolytechnicFacultyofMons,ElectronicsandMicroelectronicsDepartment,
Belgium
DanValea
TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania
MiguelÁngelValeroDuboy
TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication,
PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain
NationalReferenceCentreofPersonalAutonomyandTechnicalAids(CEAPAT),
Health,SocialServicesandEqualityMinistry,Spain
MartijnVastenburg
ConnectedCareR&DOfficeArnhem,Netherlands
FlorianWamser
UniversityofWürzburg,Germany
Contributors xvii
IreneYu-HuaGu
DepartmentofSignalsandSystems,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,SE-412
96,Gothenburg,Sweden
YixiaoYun
DepartmentofSignalsandSystems,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,SE-412
96,Gothenburg,Sweden
ThomasZinner
UniversityofWürzburg,Germany