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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781756803321

Titolo

Behaviour monitoring and interpretation [[electronic resource] ] : BMI : well-being / / edited by Björn Gottfried and Hamid Aghajan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : IOS Press, 2011

ISBN

6613289671

1-283-28967-9

9786613289674

1-60750-731-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Ambient intelligence and smart environments, , 1875-4163 ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

GottfriedBjörn

AghajanHamid

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Well-being

Human behavior - Data processing

Intelligent agents (Computer software)

Artificial intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Foundations of well-being -- pt. 2. Supporting the well-being through care taking in smart environments -- pt. 3. Improving the well-being through life-stle and entertainment.

Sommario/riassunto

The notion of well-being is one which is crucial to many aspects of our daily lives. In addition to providing one of the cornerstones to a healthy lifestyle, the concept of well-being extends to the selection of the type of environment we live in, our interaction with other people and the things we do to realize our plans for the future. Well-being is so intrinsic to our daily lives that it plays a fundamental role at all times and in all places, so it is important that it is taken into account when designing the ubiquitous computing technologies which pervade our lives nowadays. This book con