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In recent years there has been a growing interest in developing Ambient Intelligence based systems in order to create smart environments for user and environmental monitoring. In fact, higher-level monitoring systems with vital information about the user and the environment around him/her represents an improvement of the quality of care provided. In this paper, we propose an architecture that implements a multi-agent user-profile based system for patient monitoring aimed to improve the assistance and health care provided. This system mixes logical based reasoning mechanisms with context-aware technologies. It is also presented a case based on a scenario developed at a major Portuguese healthcare institution.
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Gomes, P.E., Marques, A., Costa, Â., Novais, P., Neves, J. (2010). Patient Monitoring under an Ambient Intelligence Setting. In: Augusto, J.C., Corchado, J.M., Novais, P., Analide, C. (eds) Ambient Intelligence and Future Trends-International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2010). Advances in Soft Computing, vol 72. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13268-1_22
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