Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence: Contemporary Challenges and Solutions

172 Pages·2013·3.45 MB·English

by  Fariba Sadri

Atlantis Ambient and Pervasive Intelligence 8
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Tibor Bosse  Diane J. Cook
Mark Neerincx  Fariba Sadri
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Human Aspects in
Ambient Intelligence
Contemporary Challenges and Solutions
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Human Aspects in
Ambient Intelligence
Contemporary Challenges and Solutions
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Department of Computer Science Department of IntelligentSystems
VUUniversityAmsterdam Delft Universityof Technology
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Diane J.Cook Fariba Sadri
School ofElectrical Engineering Department of Computing
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Preface
Sincethelate1990s,AmbientIntelligence(AmI)hasbeenputforwardasavision
on the near future of computing. As such, it refers to a world in which human
beings are surrounded by intelligent electronic systems that are unobtrusively
incorporated in their environment, monitor their behavior using sensors, and
support them in their daily activities. Based on this definition, a book on Human
Aspects in Ambient Intelligence may appear a bit tautological at first sight. After
all,theword‘ambient’comesfromtheLatinverb‘ambire’,whichliterallymeans
‘to go around’ or ‘to surround.’ And following the AmI perspective, the objects
that are ‘surrounded’—by intelligent technology in this case—are human beings.
Hence, would not any book on AmI automatically address human aspects?
Althoughthissoundslikealogicallineofreasoning,itisnotentirelytrue.First,
AmI is a very broad, multidisciplinary field of study, which also includes various
technicalingredientsthatarenotnecessarilyrelatedtohumans,suchasdistributed
computing, embedded systems, and sensor fusion. Second, rather than addressing
human aspects in general, the current book has a specific focus on AmI systems
that understand humans. The underlying assumption is that AmI systems that
exploit knowledgeabouthumanfunctioning arebetter equippedtounderstand the
needsofhumanbeings,enablingthemtoprovidemoreadequateandpersonalized
support. To realize such knowledgeable AmI systems, a variety of elements is
required, including theories from the human-directed sciences (e.g., psychology,
social sciences, neurosciences, and biomedical sciences) as well as techniques to
apply the appropriate knowledge in an intelligent manner (e.g., knowledge rep-
resentation and reasoning, agent technology, and machine learning).
Hence, the current book can be distinguished from other AmI books due to its
emphasis on AmI systems that provide knowledgeable support, based on detailed
analysesonhumanstatesandprocesses.Thisbookcomprises10chapters,mostof
which are improved and extended versions of papers presented at the Sixth
International Workshop on Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence, which was
heldinNovember2012inPisa,Italy,aspartoftheInternationalJointConference
on Ambient Intelligence. In addition, this book contains three invited chapters,
written by international experts in the field. The material of each chapter is self-
contained and was reviewed by at least two anonymous referees, to assure a high
quality.Readerscanselectanyindividualchapterbasedontheirresearchinterests,
without the need of reading other chapters. As a consequence, there is no
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straightforward order in which the different chapters should be presented. Nev-
ertheless, in an attempt to create some structure, the 10 chapters have been clus-
tered into four parts, which can be described as follows:
Part I: Mental State Analysis
Part II: Motion Tracking
Part III: Lifestyle Support
Part IV: mHealth Applications
NotethatPartIandIIhaveanemphasisonanalysisofhumanaspects,whereas
Part III and IV focus on support of humans based on such analyses.
In particular, the first part contains two chapters that present approaches to
analyzementalstatesofhumans,especiallyintentions(Sadrietal.)andtruststates
(Toubman et al.), which can be used to develop more personalized AmI systems.
Thesecondpartcomprises threechaptersthatillustratehowAmIsystemsmay
benefit from analyses of human behavior based on motion (and related) sensors.
These include methods to assess human beings’ nonverbal expressive and emo-
tional behavior (Piana et al.), to identify residents of smart homes through their
behavior (Crandall and Cook), and to build acoustic maps of a human’s spatial
environment (Scattolin et al.).
The third part consists of three chapters that introduce agent-based AmI sys-
tems to support human beings in adopting a suitable lifestyle. The systems
described in this part involve personal coaches to support people in learning
movement patterns (Bobbert et al.), virtual coaches to assist people in changing
lifestyles(RoelofsmaandKurt),andanagent-basedarchitecturetomanageenergy
consumption (Zupancˇicˇ et al.).
Thefourthandlastpartofthisbookiscomposedoftwochaptersthatapplythe
AmIparadigmtomobilehealthapplications.Thesechaptersaddress,respectively,
anapproach toadapt mobile(healthcare) servicesintelligently tothe user’s needs
(Wac and Ullah), and a mobile phone application to help people manage life-
threatening allergies (Hernandez-Munoz and Woolley).
We are confident that this combination of chapters provides useful reference
values to researchers and students with an interest in human aspects of AmI,
enabling them to find solutions and recognize challenges in the field.
To conclude, we wish to express our gratitude to all who contributed to the
publicationofthisbook,includingallauthorsforsharingtheirinterestingresearch
withus,allreviewersforguardingthequalityofthechapters,andlastbutnotleast,
to the series editor and the publisher of the Atlantis Ambient and Pervasive
Intelligence book series for offering us the opportunity to publish this volume.
Tibor Bosse
Diane J. Cook
Mark Neerincx
Fariba Sadri
Contents
Part I Mental State Analysis
1 A Clustering Approach to Intention Recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Fariba Sadri, Weikun Wang and Afroditi Xafi
2 Adaptive Autonomy in Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Using Trust Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Armon Toubman, Peter-Paul van Maanen and Mark Hoogendoorn
Part II Motion Tracking
3 Automated Analysis of Non-Verbal Expressive Gesture. . . . . . . . 41
S. Piana, M. Mancini, A. Camurri, G. Varni and G. Volpe
4 Behaviometrics for Identifying Smart Home Residents. . . . . . . . . 55
Aaron S. Crandall and Diane J. Cook
5 SoundingARM Assisted Representation of a Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Nicola Scattolin, Serena Zanolla, Antonio Rodà
and Sergio Canazza
Part III Lifestyle Support
6 Ambient Support by a Personal Coach for Exercising
and Rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Maarten F. Bobbert, Mark Hoogendoorn, Arthur J. van Soest,
Vera Stebletsova and Jan Treur
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7 Using Multiple Self Theory of Planner and Doer as a Virtual
Coaching Framework for Changing Lifestyles: The Role
of Expert, Motivator and Mentor Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Peter H. M. P. Roelofsma and Sevim Kurt
8 A Network of Sensor and Actuator Agents for Building
Automation Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Domen Zupancˇicˇ, Mitja Luštrek and Matjazˇ Gams
Part IV mHealth Applications
9 From Mobile Cognition to Cognitive Mobility: QoS-Aware,
Mobile Healthcare Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Katarzyna Wac and Muhammad Ullah
10 Mobile Phone Tools with Ambient Intelligence
for the Management of Life-Threatening Allergies. . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Luis U. Hernandez-Munoz and Sandra I. Woolley
Part I
Mental State Analysis