Energy efficiency has aroused great interest in research worldwide, because energy
consumption has increased in recent years, especially in the residential sector. The …

The aim of this research survey note is to provide a comprehensive overview of Smart Home
Environments with a focus on their architectures and application areas, as well as utilized …

Abstract Service robotics is an emerging application area for human-centered technologies.
The rise of household and personal assistance robots forecasts a human–robot …

Fault diagnosis is a critical activity in the comprehensive support for equipment operation.
Relevant research about it is becoming more and more popular. Ontology-based fault …

In this paper, a semantic model-based approach is proposed for building energy systems
fault detection. Its basic idea is to mimic the general intelligence of human experts in …

Modern buildings are being integrated with myriad (often> 1000s) networked sensors to
improve convenience, occupant comfort accessibility and energy-efficient operations. These …

Several ontologies exist that model aspects of home or building automation systems for
specific use cases. However, no comprehensive approach exists, that models building …

This paper presents a method for recognition of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in smart
homes. Recognition of activities of daily living and tracking them can provide unprecedented …

The development of an effective mechanism to detect suspicious transactions is a critical
problem for financial institutions in their endeavor to prevent anti-money laundering …

Over the years, several architecture of smart home has been proposed to enable the use of
ambient intelligence. However, the major issue with most of them lies in their lack of high …