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Farhan Sabir Ujager1, Azhar Mahmood2
1Faculty of Computing and Engineering Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan. farhan@biit.edu.pk.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 17, 2019
Summary
This study introduces a context-aware accurate wellness determination (CAAWD) model using Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology for elderly healthcare. The CAAWD model non-intrusively monitors daily behavior patterns for improved wellness assessment.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Computer Science
- Healthcare Technology
Background:
- Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) smart homes offer potential for elderly healthcare.
- Existing methods like wearables have usability issues, and visual monitoring raises privacy concerns.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a context-aware accurate wellness determination (CAAWD) model for elderly individuals.
- To enable non-obtrusive monitoring of daily behavior patterns using simple sensor nodes.
Main Methods:
- Developed a context-aware accurate wellness determination (CAAWD) model.
- Proposed a contextual data extraction algorithm (CDEA) for generating behavior-training instances.
- Utilized a lazy associative classifier (LAC) for classifying frequent behavioral patterns.
Main Results:
- The CDEA extracts spatial-temporal and contextual information for accurate wellness classification.
- LAC integrates contextual attributes for behavior-focused classification rules, offering high accuracy and efficiency.
- The CAAWD model demonstrated superior performance over existing techniques in accuracy, precision, and f-measure.
Conclusions:
- The CAAWD model provides an accurate, non-obtrusive, and privacy-preserving method for elderly wellness determination.
- Integration of spatial-temporal data, efficient classification, and contextual validation enhances model reliability.
- This approach offers a significant advancement in smart home healthcare for the elderly.
Keywords:
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