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Daily Livings in a Smart Home
Users’ Living Preference Modeling of Smart Homes
Erfaneh Allameh
/ Department of the Built Environment
bouwstenen 219
Daily Livings in a Smart Home
Users’ Living Preference Modeling of Smart Homes
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Technische Universiteit
Eindhoven, op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr.ir. F.P.T. Baaijens,
voor een commissie aangewezen door het College voor Promoties, in het
openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 29 juni 2016 om 16:00 uur
door
Erfaneh Allameh
geboren te Esfahan, Iran
Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door de promotoren en de samenstelling van de
promotiecommissie is als volgt:
voorzitter: Prof.ir. E.S.M. Nelissen
e
1 promotor: Prof.dr.ir. B. de Vries
e
2 promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.P. Timmermans
leden: Prof.dr. P.G. Badke Schaub (TU Delft)
Prof.dr.ir. I.S. Sariyildiz (TU Delft)
Prof.dr. W.A. IJsselsteijn
Dr.ir. S.A.G. Wensveen
Prof.ir. J.D. Bekkering
Het onderzoek of ontwerp dat in dit proefschrift wordt beschreven is
uitgevoerd in overeenstemming met de TU/e Gedragscode
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
Daily Livings in a Smart Home
Users’ Living Preference Modeling of Smart Homes
A catalogue record is available from the Eindhoven University of
Technology Library.
ISBN: 978-90-386-4100-3
NUR: 955
Cover design by Erfaneh Allameh
Published as issue 219 in de Bouwstenen series of the Department of the
Built Environment of the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Printed by Dereumaux, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Copyright© E. Allameh, 2016
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied,
reproduced, stored, in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by
any means, whether electronic, mechanical, or otherwise without the prior
written permission of the author.
Acknowledgment
This thesis is the result of almost five years research at the Information
Systems in the Built Environment (ISBE) group (formerly known as the
Design System group) and the Urban Planning group of TU Eindhoven.
Without the persistent support, contribution, and encouragement of a
number of people, this work would not have been possible, and definitely
not as enjoyable. I would like to thank everyone who supported me
throughout the project.
First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisors Prof. Bauke de
Vries and Prof. Harry Timmermans for accompanying me on this scientific
journey, and for their worthwhile guidance. Thanks for the confidence and
freedom that I have received from you in this project. My greatest thanks go
to Bauke for his encouragement, supports and most of all getting me
involved in different international conferences, demo presentations, teaching
programs that all helped me to build up my scientific network in the startups
community of smart homes. His guidance in all stages of the thesis, in the
designing experiments, providing instruments, conducting experiments and
of course in the writing articles, were the essence for making this research
possible. Special thanks go to Harry for always being incredibly supportive.
From the very first day, his input in terms of planning the project, defining
the research method, conducting the analysis and modeling was a true merit
in this research.
Besides my supervisors, I would like to gratefully thank my Ph.D. defense
committee: Prof. Sevil Sariyildiz (Faculty of Architecture and the Built
Environment at TU Delft), Prof. Petra Badke-Schaub (Faculty of Industrial
Design Engineering at TU Delft), Dr. Stephan Wensveen (Faculty of
Industrial Design at TU Eindhoven), Prof. Wijnand IJsselsteijn (Faculty of
Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences at TU Eindhoven), and Prof.
Juliette Bekkering (Faculty of Built Environment at TU Eindhoven). Their
suggestions and comments on an early version of the thesis provide concrete
improvements for this book. I truly appreciate their valuable contribution.
I also would like to thank Joran Jessurun, for helping with designing the
web-based experiment and developing the prototype application called VR
smart home. It was a pleasure collaboration with a lot of learning from him.
Developing multiple virtual tasks and simulating an interactive smart home
with real-time interactions were not possible without his points of view and
his programming skills. All the discussions with him at work, lunch times,
board games and day trips were a true pleasure.
Many thanks go to Peter van der Waerden for giving me the opportunity to
have several meetings with him. His immense guidance in the analyses was
like a gift from the sky for me. I would also like to thank Theo Arentze, who
at different occasions contributed to the advancement of the work with
providing valuable advice about the statistical analyses. I am extremely
thankful and indebted to him for sharing expertise, and sincere and valuable
guidance extended to me. Appreciation also goes to Jakob Beetz for his
creative criticism and contributing in publishing a paper which was
awarded.
I am really grateful to Sjoerd Buma, who provided all technical supports and
lab facilities. Thanks for the nice talk we had on coffee breaks and lunch
time. I am also thankful to all the other staff members of our research group,
especially Jan Dijkstra and Aant van der Zee. I would like to express my
sincere gratitude to Karin Nisselrooij.Steenbergen for her awesome kindness
and continuous supports that gave me both in my work and social life. My
sincere thanks also go to Marlyn Aretz, who was a caring colleague and a
wonderful person. There are no words to express how difficult it is to miss
her. Rest in peace!
Many thanks go to my colleagues both in ISBE group and Urban Planning
group. Firstly, I would like to thank my former colleagues, Penny (Yuzhong
Lin), Qunli Chen, Remco Niemeijer, Cahyono Susetyo, Kymo Slager, who I
have learned a lot from them how to manage a Ph.D. life. I also thank my
new colleagues Wiet Mazairac and his friendly family, Tong Wang, Thomas
Krijnen, Chi Zhang, Kai Liao and my DDSS colleagues Ifigenia Psarra,
Elaheh Khademi, Zahra Parvaneh. All of them have generously shared their
knowledge and experiences with me. In particular, I am grateful to Mandy
van de Sande, Linda van de Ven, Marielle Kruizinga, Annemiek Engelen
and Ingrid Dekkers, for their assistance in administrative matters and of
course, the nice chats.
I would like to give my special thanks to all participants for showing
patience and being enthusiasm for contributing to the web-based
experiment. The research project would not have been possible without their
contribution.
A Ph.D. cannot be accomplished without pleasant moments and people in
the daily basis. There is no way I can thank my friends, who delighted my 5
years living in the Netherlands. I specially would like to thank Saeedeh and
Saeed for their continual warm and generous support. I am deeply thankful
to: Azar & Hamid, Ellaheh & Pooyan, Samaneh & Hossein, Elham & Amin,
Sama & Saber, Parisa & Amin, Negar & Hamed, Solmaz & Pooya, Leila &
Salman, Raheleh & Adam, Fereshteh & Hani, Fereshteh & Safa, Maryam &
Pooya, Elnaz & Arash, Negar & Hooman, Samaneh & Javad, Nafiseh &
Mohammadreza, Nafiseh & Reza, Hamid, Amin, Samineh & Mahdi,
Somayeh & Mahdi, Shadi & Ebad, Marzieh & Rasool, Marzieh & Hamid,
Neda & Hojat, Maryam & Roozbeh, Narges & Hamidreza, Hamideh &
Hadi, Maryam & Ali, and Shohreh, for all the joyful and unforgettable
moments we spent together. Many thanks go to Saleh and his wife, Narges,
for being a good friend and colleague. I also would like to thank Samira,
Farideh sadat & Amir, Niloofar & Saeed, and Maryam Azimi, who were not
in the Netherlands but their friendship far away was thoroughly a merit for
me.
I would like to thank Dr. Mozaffar, Dr. Hosseini, Dr. Feizi, Dr. Ghaem
maghami, Dr. Farzian, Dr. Hojat, Eng. Moeeni, Dr. Masood, Dr. Madani,
Dr. Omoomi, Dr. Shafaee, Dr, Gheraati, Eng. Rostami, Dr. Nilforooshan,
Dr. Saghafi, and Dr. Amin poor, who I owe a great part of the knowledge
acquired during my Bachelor and Master period.
My sincere thanks go to my family: my parents, my brother, my sister, and
my in-laws for spiritually supporting me throughout this period staying
away from the home country. Completion of this research has never been
possible without their unconditional love and supports.
Very special thanks go to Ali, who not only is my husband but also my
closest colleague in this project. During the Ph.D. period, our life and work
were mixed up but his everlasting support, understanding, patience, and
assistance were always there. Thank you, my love, for the perfect life we
share! My sweetest thanks go to Helia, to whom I dedicate this thesis, for
her coming to our life. We shared the last year of the research writing with
her while she was crawling on the laptop and pressing the buttons to help us.
I hope that one day she read this book and understand why I spent so much
time in front of my computer.
Finally, I am grateful to the Iran Ministry of Science and Technology, who
funded the project. Special thanks go to the Art University of Isfahan that
made this fund possible and I hope that I can continue my scientific
collaboration with this university in the future.
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
1.1 RESEARCH APPROACH AND FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 1
1.2 MOTIVATION ................................................................................................. 3
1.3 AIMS ............................................................................................................. 6
1.4 THE THESIS OUTLINE ..................................................................................... 7
2 SMART HOMES STATE OF THE ART REVIEW ................................... 9
2.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 9
2.2 DEFINITION OF SMART HOME ......................................................................... 9
2.3 SMART TECHNOLOGIES INSIDE SMART HOME .............................................. 16
2.3.1 Smart kitchen table ............................................................................ 17
2.3.2 Smart wall .......................................................................................... 18
2.3.3 Smart floor ......................................................................................... 19
2.3.4 Smart furniture ................................................................................... 19
2.3.5 Smart partitions and smart boundaries ............................................... 19
2.4 GAPS IN SMART HOME LITERATURE ............................................................. 20
2.5 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 25
3 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................... 27
3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 27
3.2 RESEARCH TOOLS IN THE DOMAIN OF SMART HOMES .................................. 28
3.3 PROTOTYPING OF A VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT .................................................. 32
3.3.1 Prototype design ................................................................................ 33
3.3.2 Prototype implementation .................................................................. 34
3.3.3 Prototype testing in an experiment .................................................... 38
3.3.4 Prototype evaluation .......................................................................... 38
3.4 THE APPLIED METHOD: A WEB-BASED EXPERIMENT IN A 3D INTERACTIVE
SMART HOM ...E......................................................................................................... 40
3.5 RELATED WORKS WHICH APPLY INTERACTIVE 3D SIMULATION AS A
RESEARCH TO .O...L................................................................................................... 42
3.6 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 44
4 THE EXPERIMENT: DAILY LIVINGS IN A SMART HOME ............. 47
4.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 47
4.2 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXPERIMENT ...................................................... 48
4.3 DESIGNING THE TASK OF “DAILY LIVING’S ARRANGEMENT” ....................... 55
4.3.1 Structure of the activity schedule within a task ................................. 56
4.3.2 Task’s procedure ................................................................................ 59
4.3.3 Task’s outputs .................................................................................... 59
