Sensors 2012, 12(6), 7828-7854; doi:10.3390/s120607828
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A Novel Human Autonomy Assessment System

Marco Munstermann 1,* email, Torsten Stevens 1 email and Wolfram Luther 2 email
1 Health & Care Solutions (HCS), Fraunhofer IMS, Finkenstr. 61, 47057 Duisburg, Germany 2 Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 63, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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Received: 11 May 2012; in revised form: 31 May 2012 / Accepted: 4 June 2012 / Published: 8 June 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Select papers from UCAmI 2011 - the 5th International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI'11))
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Abstract: This article presents a novel human autonomy assessment system for generating context and discovering the behaviors of older people who use ambulant services. Our goal is to assist caregivers in assessing possibly abnormal health conditions in their clients concerning their level of autonomy, thus enabling caregivers to take countermeasures as soon as possible.
Keywords: activities of daily living; activity recognition; concur task trees; context awareness; data mining; Petri nets; probabilistic models; task models; transition system miner

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Munstermann, M.; Stevens, T.; Luther, W. A Novel Human Autonomy Assessment System. Sensors 2012, 12, 7828-7854.

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Munstermann M, Stevens T, Luther W. A Novel Human Autonomy Assessment System. Sensors. 2012; 12(6):7828-7854.

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Munstermann, Marco; Stevens, Torsten; Luther, Wolfram. 2012. "A Novel Human Autonomy Assessment System." Sensors 12, no. 6: 7828-7854.

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