Managing Home Care Networks

Citation

Turner KJ, Docherty LS, Wang F & Campbell GA (2009) Managing Home Care Networks. In: Bestak R, George L, Zaborovsky V & Dini C C (eds.) Proceedings of the 2009 Eighth International Conference on Networks. 8th International Conference on Networks, 2009. ICN '09., Cancun, Mexico, 01.03.2009-06.03.2009. Los Alamitos, California, USA: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 354-359. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICN.2009.16

Abstract
Browse Conference Publications > Networks, 2009. ICN '09. Eigh ... Managing Home Care Networks This content is outside your institutional subscriptionYou may have access as part of an IEEE member subscription. Learn more about subscription options Already purchased? View now Username Password Forgot Username/Password? This paper appears in:Networks, 2009. ICN '09. Eighth International Conference onDate of Conference: 1-6 March 2009Author(s): Turner, K.J. Comput. Sci. & Math., Univ. of Stirling, Stirling Docherty, L.S. ; Feng Wang ; Campbell, G.A. Page(s): 354 - 359 Product Type: Conference Publications Available Formats Non-Member Price Member Price PDF US£31.00 US£10.00 Become an IEEE Member or Subscribe to IEEE Xplore for exclusive pricing! IEEE membership options for an individual and IEEE Xplore subscriptions for an organization offer the most affordable access to essential journal articles, conference papers, standards, eBooks, and eLearning courses. Learn more about: IEEE membership IEEE Xplore subscriptions Item has been added to the cart. 4976699 searchabstract AbstractHome care networks are a new development for automated support of care at home. To address the challenges of home care, the paper describes a component-based architecture developed by the MATCH project (mobilising advanced technologies for care at home). Two key components are discussed for managing home care networks. A service registry supports generic and extensible registration of services, components, resources and devices in the home. The registry uses ontologies for semantically-based description and discovery. A policy system automates support of how a home network should deliver care. The views of stakeholders in home care are represented as goals and policies. These are defined in a user-friendly manner and are applied at run-time. Conflicts among goals and policies are automatically detected and resolved.

Keywords
Goal Refinement; Home Care; Home Network; Policy Language; Policy System; Service Discovery; Telecare

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Professor KEN Turner

Emeritus Professor, Computing Science