Multi-Agent Architecture for Dependent Environments. Providing Solutions for Home Care

Obtaining novel and effective solutions for home care is one of the aims of Ambient Intelligence. Elderly and disabled people require special care services, and emerging technologies facilitate the development of intelligent environments in their homes. This paper presents AMADE, a multi-agent architecture for the control and supervision of home care environments. AMADE integrates an innovative alert management system as well as automated identification, location, and movement control systems. This study proposes a new perspective in tackling the problem of home care. An initial prototype based on the AMADE architecture was successfully tested in a real environment and the results obtained are presented within this paper.

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