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The Proof of the WISE Concept

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The Future Home is Wise, Not Smart

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After the description of the theoretical foundations of the WISE paradigm and the process accompanying the WISE approach in the previous chapters, this chapter presents empirical examples, which shall be considered as a proof of concept. There are three examples given, in accordance with the WISE process model presented in Chap. 6 First we present experiments and studies carried out in lab facilities. The next example, representing the model home stage, is household 37, a real-world living environment which served as a test-bed for most of the last ten years. The final project presented, Casa Vecchia, was a longitudinal field study and represents the stage of field deployment. In the course of this ambient assisted living (AAL) project, the WISE platform was installed in more than 20 households inhabited by elderly people. The socio-psychological and technological aspects of the project were evaluated intensively over a period of four years.

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Leitner, G. (2015). The Proof of the WISE Concept. In: The Future Home is Wise, Not Smart. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23093-1_7

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