Similarities and Differences between EU Platforms in the AHA and AAL Domains from a Software Viewpoint
Matjaž Gams1, Žiga Kolar1, Zdenko Vuk1
1Department of Intelligent Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 25, 2022
Summary
The EU PlatformUptake project analyzed open platforms for active and healthy aging (AHA) and ambient-assisted living (AAL). Findings offer tools and taxonomies to guide future platform development and decision-making.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Gerontology
- Software Engineering
Background:
- The increasing need for technological solutions in active and healthy aging (AHA) and ambient-assisted living (AAL) domains necessitates a structured understanding of available platforms.
- Current assessment methods for these platforms lack a comprehensive software-centric viewpoint, hindering effective decision-making and development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the usage of EU open and partly-open platforms in AHA and AAL domains from a software perspective.
- To develop tools for platform interpretation, gather user feedback for improvement, and define enhancement strategies.
- To provide decision-makers with a software-focused approach for evaluating and utilizing AHA and AAL platforms.
Main Methods:
- Development and application of the PlatformUptake methodology for assessing open AHA platforms.
- Utilizing clustering algorithms to group platforms based on software similarities, identifying two and four cluster structures.
- Generating taxonomies (decision trees) from platform text descriptions for property-based platform identification.
Main Results:
- Successful clustering of analyzed platforms into informative two and four group structures, aiding in understanding platform relationships.
- Creation of decision trees (taxonomies) that facilitate the identification of specific platforms or those with desired functionalities.
- Demonstration of how computational analysis can complement human expertise in understanding and managing AHA platforms.
Conclusions:
- The PlatformUptake methodology and generated tools provide a structured, software-oriented approach to evaluating AHA and AAL platforms.
- Clustering and taxonomies offer valuable insights for future platform design, research, and the organization of the AHA technology landscape.
- Computer comprehension of platforms enhances human decision-making, influencing future research, publications, and the development of related works in the field.
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