Context Management: Toward Assessing Quality of Context Parameters in a Ubiquitous Ambient Assisted Living Environment

• Debora Cabral Nazario ^[1] ; Mario Antonio Ribeiro Dantas ^[1] ; Jose Leomar Todesco ^[1]
  1. [1] Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Localización: JISTEM - Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, ISSN-e 1807-1775, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 569-590
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper provides an approach to assessing Quality of Context (QoC) parameters in a ubiquitous Ambient Assisted Living (ALL) environment. Initially, the study presents a literature review on QoC, generating a taxonomy. Then it introduces the context management architecture used. The proposal is verified with the Siafu simulator in an ALL scenario where the user’s health is monitored with information about blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature. Considering some parameters, the proposed QoC assessment allows verifying the extent to which the context information is up-to-date, valid, accurate, complete and significant. The implementation of this proposal might mean a big social impact and a technological innovation applied to AAL, at the disposal and support of a significant number of individuals such as elderly or sick people, and with a more precise technology.