Ebook: Evaluating AAL Systems Through Competitive Benchmarking: International Competitions and Final Workshop, EvAAL 2013, July and September 2013. Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the international competition aimed at the evaluation and assessment of Ambient Assisted Living, EvAAL 2013, which was organized in three major events: the International Competition on Indoor Localization and Tracking for Ambient Assisted Living, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in July 2013; the International Competition on Activity Recognition for Ambient Assisted Living, which took place in Valencia, Spain, in July 2013; and the Final Workshop, which was held in Norrköping, Sweden, in September 2013. The papers included in this book describe the organization and technical aspects of the competitions and provide a complete technical description of the competing artefacts and report on the experience lessons learned by the teams during the competition.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the international competition aimed at the evaluation and assessment of Ambient Assisted Living, EvAAL 2013, which was organized in three major events: the International Competition on Indoor Localization and Tracking for Ambient Assisted Living, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in July 2013; the International Competition on Activity Recognition for Ambient Assisted Living, which took place in Valencia, Spain, in July 2013; and the Final Workshop, which was held in Norrköping, Sweden, in September 2013. The papers included in this book describe the organization and technical aspects of the competitions, and provide a complete technical description of the competing artefacts and report on the experience lessons learned by the teams during the competition.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the international competition aimed at the evaluation and assessment of Ambient Assisted Living, EvAAL 2013, which was organized in three major events: the International Competition on Indoor Localization and Tracking for Ambient Assisted Living, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in July 2013; the International Competition on Activity Recognition for Ambient Assisted Living, which took place in Valencia, Spain, in July 2013; and the Final Workshop, which was held in Norrköping, Sweden, in September 2013. The papers included in this book describe the organization and technical aspects of the competitions, and provide a complete technical description of the competing artefacts and report on the experience lessons learned by the teams during the competition.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
An Improved Saliency for RGB-D Visual Tracking and Control Strategies for a Bio-monitoring Mobile Robot....Pages 1-12
Efficient Activity Recognition and Fall Detection Using Accelerometers....Pages 13-23
Multisensor Data Fusion for Activity Recognition Based on Reservoir Computing....Pages 24-35
Activity Recognition System Using Non-intrusive Devices through a Complementary Technique Based on Discrete Methods....Pages 36-47
Human Activity Recognition Based on Multiple Kinects....Pages 48-59
RealTrac Technology Overview....Pages 60-71
Enhancements to the LOCOSmotion Person Tracking System....Pages 72-82
AmbiTrack - Marker-free Indoor Localization and Tracking of Multiple Users in Smart Environments with a Camera-based Approach....Pages 83-93
Mobile Robot Platform to track User Movement and Behaviour....Pages 94-105
A GPS/Wi-Fi/Marker Analysis Based Simultaneous and Hierarchical Multi-Positioning System....Pages 106-116
Indoor Localization and Tracking Using 802.11 Networks and Smartphones....Pages 117-127
Indoor Localization Based on Resonant Oscillating Magnetic Fields for AAL Applications....Pages 128-140
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