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1、ThesisforMaster’sDegreeatHITAbstractInSingapore,asmanyothercountriesintheworld,populationisgettingolder.Thisevolutionisgeneratingmajorchangesinoursociety.Amongthesechanges,weobserveanincreasingnumberofpeoplewithmilddementia.Thesepeoplecannotbetotallyindependent.T
2、heyneedacaregivertohelpthemincaseoftrouble,andtoprovidethembasicservice.However,thenumberofcaregiverisnotunlimited,andevenelderpeoplewouldprefertoliveintheirownhousesaslongaspossible,ratherthangoingtonursinghome.Asolutionistoprovideambientassistingtotheireveryday
3、life.Meanwhile,lookingattechnologicalevolution,thesimpleclassificationoflaptopanddesktopisnomoreaccurate.Computerstendtobecomemoreandmorepervasive.Itmeansthat,withthewideexpansionoftheInternetwiththefastevolutionofwirelesscommunication,acomputersystemisnomorelimi
4、tedtoonemachine.Weseemoreandmoresensorsintegratedinourenvironment.Asoutputdevices,aTV,atablet,asmartphone,aspeakertendtoreplacethesinglescreen.Computersystemsarenowintegratedinourenvironment,andcommunicationtendstobemachinetomachine,withuserattheendoftheprocess,r
5、atherthanhumantomachine.PervasiveComputingisarealopportunity.Itbecomesareliablesolutiontohelpelderpeoplewithmilddementia,throughAmbientAssistedLiving.IPALlaboratoryisdoingresearchesonAmbientAssistedLiving.Wewanttoprovideseamlessandstablesolutionswithinfurtherlarg
6、edeployments.Sinceeveryhouseisdifferent,andeverybodyhasdifferenthabitsoflife,itisimpossibletodeployahard-codedsolutioneverywhere.Thepurposeofresearchistofindalternativesolutionstoinsurescalabilityinbothinstallationandexecutionofthereasoning.Inthiscontext,thisrepo
7、rtisintroducingaprocessofredesignandimplementationofastableandscalablearchitecture.Firstobjectivewastogiveaproofofconcept,mergingadynamicsensormanagementwithinareasoningplatform.Oncethisproofofconceptdone,itwasnecessarytoredesignthewholearchitecture,takingadvanta
8、geofexperienceacquiredbyIPALteamduringlastyears.IIThesisforMaster’sDegreeatHITTheprototypeoftheplatformandreasoningsystemhasbeenimplementedandtested.However,th