TY - JOUR
T1 - Public health resources for smart-home scenario development
T2 - A methodological approach
AU - Brink, M.
AU - Van Der Vlies, R.D.
AU - Schalkwijk Ribeiro, A.
AU - González Alonso, I.
AU - Van Bronswijk, J.E.M.H.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Scenarios are used as tools in the development of smart home platforms and middleware for aging-in-place. In order to be effective, a set of scenarios that address all required functionalities are needed. The health condition of the majority of an aging population has been described by medical tools, such as WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and local health profiles. However, this has not yet been fully implemented in the development of smart-homes. In this study we develop a Public Health Methodology (PHM) in which we use public health resources for the generation of scenarios. Specific user characteristics are taken from the medical tools. Common daily user activities were supplied by research into common activities as practiced by Dutch end-users. A functional scenario is generated by combining the user characteristics and user activities with the product goal, the physical and non-physical environment, and the product to be developed. Using this method a set of 10 scenarios covered all requirements. The scenarios were used in virtual tests for the validation of smart-home platforms. PHM is a promising tool in the development of smart environments that are more easily adopted by aging populations.
AB - Scenarios are used as tools in the development of smart home platforms and middleware for aging-in-place. In order to be effective, a set of scenarios that address all required functionalities are needed. The health condition of the majority of an aging population has been described by medical tools, such as WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and local health profiles. However, this has not yet been fully implemented in the development of smart-homes. In this study we develop a Public Health Methodology (PHM) in which we use public health resources for the generation of scenarios. Specific user characteristics are taken from the medical tools. Common daily user activities were supplied by research into common activities as practiced by Dutch end-users. A functional scenario is generated by combining the user characteristics and user activities with the product goal, the physical and non-physical environment, and the product to be developed. Using this method a set of 10 scenarios covered all requirements. The scenarios were used in virtual tests for the validation of smart-home platforms. PHM is a promising tool in the development of smart environments that are more easily adopted by aging populations.
KW - aging-in-place
KW - Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
KW - daily activities
KW - health profiles
KW - ICF
KW - public health engineering
KW - Scenarios
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925812203&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/AIS-150309
DO - 10.3233/AIS-150309
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925812203
SN - 1876-1364
VL - 7
SP - 155
EP - 170
JO - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
JF - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
IS - 2
ER -