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An Integrated System for Helping Disabled and Dependent People: AGALZ, AZTECA, and MOVI-MAS Projects

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Ubiquitous Computing in the Workplace

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This article presents three successful case studies oriented to disabled and dependent people. These three case studies are the results of the following corresponding projects: Autonomous aGent for monitoring ALZheimer’s patients (AGALZ), which facilitates the monitoring and tracking of patients with Alzheimer’s; AZTECA, which is formed by a set of tools that facilitate the work of disabled people in their work environment; and MOVI-MAS, which simulates a 3D work environment enabling the detection of dangerous situations. These tools were developed using an agent platform called PANGEA, which is a platform to develop open multi-agent systems, specifically those including organizational aspects such as virtual agent organizations.

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Acknowledgments

The AZTECA project has been supported by the Spanish CDTI Proyecto de Cooperación Interempresas IDI-20110343, IDI-20110344, IDI-20110345 Project supported by FEDER funds. The AGALZ project work has been partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science project “THOMAS” (TIN2006-14630-C03-03) and the IMSERSO 137/07. The MOVI-MAS system has been developed under the Spanish Ministry of Science project “OVAMAH” (TIN2009-13839-C03) and was also supported by Cátedras Indra-Fundación Adecco.

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De Paz, J.F., Rodríguez, S., Zato, C., Corchado, J.M. (2015). An Integrated System for Helping Disabled and Dependent People: AGALZ, AZTECA, and MOVI-MAS Projects. In: Kinder-Kurlanda, K., Ehrwein Nihan, C. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing in the Workplace. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 333. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13452-9_1

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