Experience in Evaluating AAL Solutions in Living Labs

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Juan Bautista Montalvá Colomer¹  Dario Salvi²  Maria Fernanda Cabrera-Umpierrez²  Maria Teresa Arredondo²  Patricia Abril²  Viveca Jimenez-Mixco²  Rebeca Garc໚-Betances²  Alessio Fioravanti²  Matteo Pastorino²  Jorge Cancela² 

[1] Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain;

关键词: ambient assisted living;    living lab;    verification and validation;    evaluation guidelines;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s140407277

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Ambient assisted living (AAL) is a complex field, where different technologies are integrated to offer solutions for the benefit of different stakeholders. Several evaluation techniques are commonly applied that tackle specific aspects of AAL; however, holistic evaluation approaches are lacking when addressing the needs of both developers and end-users. Living labs have been often used as real-life test and experimentation environments for co-designing AAL technologies and validating them with relevant stakeholders. During the last five years, we have been evaluating AAL systems and services in the framework of various research projects. This paper presents the lessons learned in this experience and proposes a set of harmonized guidelines to conduct evaluations in living labs.

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