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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Smart Environments"”.
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Making safety guarantees in smart environments
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Context detection and abstraction in smart environments
… to pedestrian positioning in heterogeneous environments. Particularly, the focus will be on pedestrian identification, localization, orientation and activity recognition. This research was mainly carried out within the “mobile and ambient systems” workgroup of EPOCH, a 6FP NoE on the …
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Self-* properties of multi sensing entities in smart environments
… and easily reconfigurable system for smart environments and how these entities self-adapt to optimize their contribution in the presence of constraints inherent to sensor networks.
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Inferring Complex Activities for Context-aware Systems within Smart Environments
… Thus, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) using Smart Homes (SH) technologies has been rigorously investigated to help address the aforementioned problems. Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is a critical component in AAL systems which enables applications such as just-in-time assistance, behaviour …
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Efficient static checking of safety properties in concurrent smart environments
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Distributed Monitoring for User Localization and Profiling in Smart Environment
… distributed monitoring and user localization in smart environment is treated in this thesis. In the last years, a growing amount of attention has been focused on the adoption of Wireless Sersor Networks (WSN) as a scalable and flexible backbone to implement innovative services in smart …
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Comparative evaluation of various GPS-free localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks
… (WSN) are tremendously being used in different environments to perform various monitoring tasks such as search, rescue, disaster relief, target tracking and a number of tasks in smart environments. For example wireless sensors nodes can be designed to detect the ground vibrations generated by …
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Efficient algorithms for analyzing large scale network dynamics: Centrality, community and predictability
… of our daily life; be it biological network, smart grids, academic collaboration networks, social networks, vehicular networks, or the networks as part of various smart environments, they are fast becoming ubiquitous. The successful realization of applications and services over them depend on …
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Bayesian Optimisation of Hyperparameters in Regression Models for Smart Energy and Environmental Systems
… energy production and consumption in smart homes and smart cities. Achieving this requires the development of advanced methods to enhance energy generation and consumption within rapidly growing hybrid energy systems. One effective approach is to improve the forecasting of renewable …
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms on Activity Recognition from Wearable Sensors’ MHEALTH dataset Supported with a Comprehensive Process and Development of an Analysis Tool
… in the fields of healthcare, wellbeing and smart environments. This research is also focussed on predictive performance comparison of machine learning algorithms for activity recognition from wearable sensors’ (MHEALTH) data while employing a comprehensive process. The framework is adapted …
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Wireless systems that extend our senses
… people's 3D locations and gestures in indoor environments without requiring them to wear or carry any devices. Beyond localizing people, we introduce the first system that can recover human silhouettes through walls; the captured silhouettes enable us to track the 3D positions of human limbs …
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Towards the Development and Understanding of Collaborative Mixed-Reality Learning Spaces
… technologies, such as head-mounted displays,smart glasses and handheld devices, has supported the usage of mixed reality and augmented reality concepts in smart educational classrooms. These advanced technologies have enabled enhanced collaborations and interactive communication between …
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A Multi-Sensor Passive Occupant Localization
… enhancing the functionality and efficiency of smart environments. This dissertation focuses on vibro-localization, a novel IOL methodology that determines occupant positions by analyzing floor vibrations caused by footfall patterns. Unlike traditional localization techniques that rely on visual …
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Ambient Intelligence with Wireless Grid Enabled Applications: A Case Study of the Launch and First Use Experience of WeJay Social Radio in Education
<p>Wireless grid and ambient intelligent (AmI) environments are characterized as supportive of <em>collaboration, interaction, </em>and<em> sharing</em>. The conceptual framework advanced for this study incorporated the constructs of innovation, creativity and context awareness while offering …
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Design and applications of inkjet-printed flexible sensate surfaces
… a new way of designing sensate surfaces for smart environments and objects and helps us rethink sensing as both a graphical design and a physical manipulation process. In the course of this thesis, I demonstrate these principals by designing, testing, and evaluating a variety of flexible …
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Microbial mediations : cyber-biological extensions of human sensitivity to natural and made ecologies
As natural and human made environments become increasingly monitored and modulated by embedded digital technologies, we are presented with a staggering flow of information reverberating between the scales of the made, the grown, and ourselves. In this thesis, I use two projects as cases for …
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A non-intrusive technique for asserting user identity in pervasive computing environments
Pervasive computing environments are an exciting new computing scene due to therecent advances in wireless communications and digital electronics. Theseenvironments are small smart worlds that have many advantages, such ascontinuous and distributed interaction with people using a variety of …
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Supporting User Interactions with Smart Built Environments
… domains that can benefit from IoT include smart buildings, smart cities, smart water, smart agriculture, smart animal farming, smart metering, security and emergencies, retail, logistics, industrial control, and health care. For decades, building automation, intelligent buildings, and more …
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Dynamic image crowd representations for improved anomaly detection using generative adversarial networks
Crowd formations are inevitable in many environments, and hence planning for, and managing crowds are integral parts of city and event planning. Effective analysis of crowd behaviour and anomaly detection has the potential for more efficient management and is a building block for smart …
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