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AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING AND ENHANCED LIVING ENVIRONMENTS AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING AND ENHANCED LIVING ENVIRONMENTS Principles, Technologies and Control Editedby CIPRIANDOBRE UniversityPolitehnicaofBucharest,Romania CONSTANDINOSX.MAVROMOUSTAKIS UniversityofNicosia,Cyprus NUNOM.GARCIA Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da BeiraInterior,Portugal ROSSITZAI.GOLEVA TechnicalUniversityofSofia,Bulgaria GEORGEMASTORAKIS TechnologicalEducationalInstituteofCrete, Greece AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEWYORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SANDIEGO SANFRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-HeinemannisanimprintofElsevier Butterworth-HeinemannisanimprintofElsevier TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,UnitedKingdom 50HampshireStreet,5thFloor,Cambridge,MA02139,UnitedStates Copyright©2017ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,oranyinformationstorageand retrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.Detailsonhowtoseek permission,furtherinformationaboutthePublisher’spermissionspoliciesandourarrangements withorganizationssuchastheCopyrightClearanceCenterandtheCopyrightLicensingAgency, canbefoundatourwebsite:www.elsevier.com/permissions. Thisbookandtheindividualcontributionscontainedinitareprotectedundercopyrightbythe Publisher(otherthanasmaybenotedherein). Notices Knowledgeandbestpracticeinthisfieldareconstantlychanging.Asnewresearchandexperience broadenourunderstanding,changesinresearchmethods,professionalpractices,ormedical treatmentmaybecomenecessary. Practitionersandresearchersmustalwaysrelyontheirownexperienceandknowledgeinevaluating andusinganyinformation,methods,compounds,orexperimentsdescribedherein.Inusingsuch informationormethodstheyshouldbemindfuloftheirownsafetyandthesafetyofothers, includingpartiesforwhomtheyhaveaprofessionalresponsibility. Tothefullestextentofthelaw,neitherthePublishernortheauthors,contributors,oreditors, assumeanyliabilityforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersonsorpropertyasamatterofproducts liability,negligenceorotherwise,orfromanyuseoroperationofanymethods,products, instructions,orideascontainedinthematerialherein. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-0-12-805195-5 ForinformationonallButterworth-Heinemannpublications visitourwebsiteathttps://www.elsevier.com Publisher:JoeHayton AcquisitionEditor:SonniniR.Yura EditorialProjectManager:AnaClaudiaAbadGarcia ProductionProjectManager:KiruthikaGovindaraju Designer:MariaInêsCruz TypesetbyVTeX DEDICATIONS Special thanks go to my family, Anamaria-Raluca and Iulia-Raluca, for their un- conditional love and support, understanding and patience. Ciprian Dobre To my wife Aphrodite for her love, patience and caring. Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis Tomyfriendsandcolleagueswhoteamuptoachievehighergoalsandtomyfamily, grateful for your love, wisdom and for being a permanent source of strength. Nuno M. Garcia To all who believe in me. Rossitza I. Goleva To my son Nikos, who makes me proud every day. George Mastorakis v CONTRIBUTORS GhufranAhmed COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan RalucaMariaAileni PolitehnicaUniversityofBucharest,FacultyofElectronics,Telecommunication andInformationTechnology,Romania IonutAnghel TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania NaumanAslam DepartmentofComputerScienceandDigitalTechnologies,Facultyof Engineering,NorthumbriaUniversity,Newcastle,UK AbdullahBalcı EgeUniversity,DepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicsEngineering,Turkey LiviuBreniuc “GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania IvanChorbev FacultyofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversitySsCyrilandMethodius, ul.RugjerBoskovic16,Karpos2,1000Skopje,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof Macedonia ChandreyeeChowdhury JadavpurUniversity,Kolkota,India TudorCioara TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania ValeriuDavid “GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania AntonioDelCampo DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy CiprianDobre UniversityofPolitehnicaofBucharest,Bucharest,Romania xiii xiv Contributors ElisaFelici INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5, I-60124Ancona,Italy EnnioGambi DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy NunoM.Garcia InstitutodeTelecomunicações,Covilhã,Portugal UniversidadedaBeiraInterior,Covilhã,Portugal UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias,Lisbon,Portugal AlejandroGarcíaMarchena IngenieríaYSolucionesInformáticasdelSurS.L.,Spain RossitzaI.Goleva TechnicalUniversityofSofia,Kl.Ohridskiblvd8,FacultyofTelecommunications, DepartmentofCommunicationNetworks,1756Sofia,Bulgaria SérgioGuerreiro UniversidadedaBeiraInterior,Covilhã,Portugal UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias,Lisbon,Portugal Cristian-Gyo˝zo˝ Haba “GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania VasosHadjioannou DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofNicosia,46Makedonitissa Avenue,1700Nicosia,Cyprus NajmulHassan CapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,IslamabadExpressway,Kahuta Road,Zone-V,Islamabad,Pakistan HilalJan COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan ElisaJimeno IngenieríaYSolucionesInformáticasdelSurS.L.,Spain HelmutLeopold AustrianInstituteofTechnology,Austria MaríaLindén SchoolofInnovation,Design&Engineering,MälardalenUniversity,Västerås, Sweden Contributors xv JavierMalagónHernández TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain MaríaLuisaMartínRuiz TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain GeorgeMastorakis DepartmentofBusinessAdministration,TechnologicalEducationalInstituteof Crete,Heraklion,Crete,Greece ConstandinosX.Mavromoustakis DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofNicosia,46Makedonitissa Avenue,1700Nicosia,Cyprus LauraMontanini DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy DavidePerla DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy LauraRaffaeli DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy MuhammadRiaz CapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,IslamabadExpressway,Kahuta Road,Zone-V,Islamabad,Pakistan LorenaRossi INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5, I-60124Ancona,Italy IoanSalomie TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania VictorSanchezMartin EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,Netherlands MahamShahid COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan AzfarShakeel COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan RadosvetaI.Sokullu EgeUniversity,DepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicsEngineering,Turkey xvi Contributors SusannaSpinsante DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy RumenStainov AppliedComputerScienceDepartment,UniversityofAppliedSciences,Leipziger Strasse123,D-36037,Fulda,Germany VeraStara INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5, I-60124Ancona,Italy RodicaStrungaru PolitehnicaUniversityofBucharest,FacultyofElectronics,Telecommunication andInformationTechnology,Romania LoizosToumbas UniversityofNicosiaMedicalSchool,StGeorge’sUniversityofLondonMedical School,Nicosia,Cyprus VladimirTrajkovik FacultyofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversitySsCyrilandMethodius, ul.RugjerBoskovic16,Karpos2,1000Skopje,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof Macedonia SaifulIslam COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan LauraVadilloMoreno TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain AlbertoCarlosValderrama PolytechnicFacultyofMons,ElectronicsandMicroelectronicsDepartment, Belgium DanValea TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania MiguelÁngelValeroDuboy TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain NationalReferenceCentreofPersonalAutonomyandTechnicalAids(CEAPAT), Health,SocialServicesandEqualityMinistry,Spain MartijnVastenburg ConnectedCareR&DOfficeArnhem,Netherlands FlorianWamser UniversityofWürzburg,Germany Contributors xvii IreneYu-HuaGu DepartmentofSignalsandSystems,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,SE-412 96,Gothenburg,Sweden YixiaoYun DepartmentofSignalsandSystems,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,SE-412 96,Gothenburg,Sweden ThomasZinner UniversityofWürzburg,Germany

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AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING AND ENHANCED LIVING ENVIRONMENTS AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING AND ENHANCED LIVING ENVIRONMENTS Principles, Technologies and Control Editedby CIPRIANDOBRE UniversityPolitehnicaofBucharest,Romania CONSTANDINOSX.MAVROMOUSTAKIS UniversityofNicosia,Cyprus NUNOM.GARCIA Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da BeiraInterior,Portugal ROSSITZAI.GOLEVA TechnicalUniversityofSofia,Bulgaria GEORGEMASTORAKIS TechnologicalEducationalInstituteofCrete, Greece AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEWYORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SANDIEGO SANFRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-HeinemannisanimprintofElsevier Butterworth-HeinemannisanimprintofElsevier TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,UnitedKingdom 50HampshireStreet,5thFloor,Cambridge,MA02139,UnitedStates Copyright©2017ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,oranyinformationstorageand retrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.Detailsonhowtoseek permission,furtherinformationaboutthePublisher’spermissionspoliciesandourarrangements withorganizationssuchastheCopyrightClearanceCenterandtheCopyrightLicensingAgency, canbefoundatourwebsite:www.elsevier.com/permissions. Thisbookandtheindividualcontributionscontainedinitareprotectedundercopyrightbythe Publisher(otherthanasmaybenotedherein). Notices Knowledgeandbestpracticeinthisfieldareconstantlychanging.Asnewresearchandexperience broadenourunderstanding,changesinresearchmethods,professionalpractices,ormedical treatmentmaybecomenecessary. Practitionersandresearchersmustalwaysrelyontheirownexperienceandknowledgeinevaluating andusinganyinformation,methods,compounds,orexperimentsdescribedherein.Inusingsuch informationormethodstheyshouldbemindfuloftheirownsafetyandthesafetyofothers, includingpartiesforwhomtheyhaveaprofessionalresponsibility. Tothefullestextentofthelaw,neitherthePublishernortheauthors,contributors,oreditors, assumeanyliabilityforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersonsorpropertyasamatterofproducts liability,negligenceorotherwise,orfromanyuseoroperationofanymethods,products, instructions,orideascontainedinthematerialherein. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-0-12-805195-5 ForinformationonallButterworth-Heinemannpublications visitourwebsiteathttps://www.elsevier.com Publisher:JoeHayton AcquisitionEditor:SonniniR.Yura EditorialProjectManager:AnaClaudiaAbadGarcia ProductionProjectManager:KiruthikaGovindaraju Designer:MariaInêsCruz TypesetbyVTeX DEDICATIONS Special thanks go to my family, Anamaria-Raluca and Iulia-Raluca, for their un- conditional love and support, understanding and patience. Ciprian Dobre To my wife Aphrodite for her love, patience and caring. Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis Tomyfriendsandcolleagueswhoteamuptoachievehighergoalsandtomyfamily, grateful for your love, wisdom and for being a permanent source of strength. Nuno M. Garcia To all who believe in me. Rossitza I. Goleva To my son Nikos, who makes me proud every day. George Mastorakis v CONTRIBUTORS GhufranAhmed COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan RalucaMariaAileni PolitehnicaUniversityofBucharest,FacultyofElectronics,Telecommunication andInformationTechnology,Romania IonutAnghel TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania NaumanAslam DepartmentofComputerScienceandDigitalTechnologies,Facultyof Engineering,NorthumbriaUniversity,Newcastle,UK AbdullahBalcı EgeUniversity,DepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicsEngineering,Turkey LiviuBreniuc “GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania IvanChorbev FacultyofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversitySsCyrilandMethodius, ul.RugjerBoskovic16,Karpos2,1000Skopje,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof Macedonia ChandreyeeChowdhury JadavpurUniversity,Kolkota,India TudorCioara TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania ValeriuDavid “GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania AntonioDelCampo DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy CiprianDobre UniversityofPolitehnicaofBucharest,Bucharest,Romania xiii xiv Contributors ElisaFelici INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5, I-60124Ancona,Italy EnnioGambi DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy NunoM.Garcia InstitutodeTelecomunicações,Covilhã,Portugal UniversidadedaBeiraInterior,Covilhã,Portugal UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias,Lisbon,Portugal AlejandroGarcíaMarchena IngenieríaYSolucionesInformáticasdelSurS.L.,Spain RossitzaI.Goleva TechnicalUniversityofSofia,Kl.Ohridskiblvd8,FacultyofTelecommunications, DepartmentofCommunicationNetworks,1756Sofia,Bulgaria SérgioGuerreiro UniversidadedaBeiraInterior,Covilhã,Portugal UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias,Lisbon,Portugal Cristian-Gyo˝zo˝ Haba “GheorgheAsachi”TechnicalUniversityofIasi,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Bd.D.Mangeron,23,700050,Iasi,Romania VasosHadjioannou DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofNicosia,46Makedonitissa Avenue,1700Nicosia,Cyprus NajmulHassan CapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,IslamabadExpressway,Kahuta Road,Zone-V,Islamabad,Pakistan HilalJan COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan ElisaJimeno IngenieríaYSolucionesInformáticasdelSurS.L.,Spain HelmutLeopold AustrianInstituteofTechnology,Austria MaríaLindén SchoolofInnovation,Design&Engineering,MälardalenUniversity,Västerås, Sweden Contributors xv JavierMalagónHernández TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain MaríaLuisaMartínRuiz TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain GeorgeMastorakis DepartmentofBusinessAdministration,TechnologicalEducationalInstituteof Crete,Heraklion,Crete,Greece ConstandinosX.Mavromoustakis DepartmentofComputerScience,UniversityofNicosia,46Makedonitissa Avenue,1700Nicosia,Cyprus LauraMontanini DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy DavidePerla DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy LauraRaffaeli DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy MuhammadRiaz CapitalUniversityofScienceandTechnology,IslamabadExpressway,Kahuta Road,Zone-V,Islamabad,Pakistan LorenaRossi INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5, I-60124Ancona,Italy IoanSalomie TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania VictorSanchezMartin EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,Netherlands MahamShahid COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan AzfarShakeel COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan RadosvetaI.Sokullu EgeUniversity,DepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicsEngineering,Turkey xvi Contributors SusannaSpinsante DipartimentodiIngegneriadell’Informazione,UniversitàPolitecnicadelleMarche, ViaBrecceBianche12,I-60131Ancona,Italy RumenStainov AppliedComputerScienceDepartment,UniversityofAppliedSciences,Leipziger Strasse123,D-36037,Fulda,Germany VeraStara INRCA,Lab.Bioinformatica,BioingegneriaeDomotica,ViaSantaMargherita5, I-60124Ancona,Italy RodicaStrungaru PolitehnicaUniversityofBucharest,FacultyofElectronics,Telecommunication andInformationTechnology,Romania LoizosToumbas UniversityofNicosiaMedicalSchool,StGeorge’sUniversityofLondonMedical School,Nicosia,Cyprus VladimirTrajkovik FacultyofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversitySsCyrilandMethodius, ul.RugjerBoskovic16,Karpos2,1000Skopje,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof Macedonia SaifulIslam COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,ParkRoad,45550,Islamabad, Pakistan LauraVadilloMoreno TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain AlbertoCarlosValderrama PolytechnicFacultyofMons,ElectronicsandMicroelectronicsDepartment, Belgium DanValea TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca,Romania MiguelÁngelValeroDuboy TelematicsandElectronicsEngineeringDepartment,ETSISTelecommunication, PolitécnicadeMadridUniversity,Spain NationalReferenceCentreofPersonalAutonomyandTechnicalAids(CEAPAT), Health,SocialServicesandEqualityMinistry,Spain MartijnVastenburg ConnectedCareR&DOfficeArnhem,Netherlands FlorianWamser UniversityofWürzburg,Germany Contributors xvii IreneYu-HuaGu DepartmentofSignalsandSystems,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,SE-412 96,Gothenburg,Sweden YixiaoYun DepartmentofSignalsandSystems,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,SE-412 96,Gothenburg,Sweden ThomasZinner UniversityofWürzburg,Germany

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