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This work deals with the development of an interface to control a smart conference room using passive BCI (Brain Computer Interface). It compares a genetic algorithm developed in a previous project to control the smart conference room with a random control algorithm. The system controls features of the conference room such as air conditioner, lightning systems, electric shutters, entertainment devices, etc. The parameters of the algorithm are extracted from users biosignal using Emotiv Epoc Headset while the user performs an attention test. The tests indicate that the decisions made by the genetic algorithm lead to better results, but in a single execution cannot be considered an effective optimization algorithm.
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The authors would like to thank the Home Systems Company, as well as the Brazilian research agencies Capes (project PROCAD), FINEP (project CRIAI) and CNPq for their financial support.
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Camelo, G.A., Menezes, M.L., Sant’Anna, A.P., Vicari, R.M., Pereira, C.E. (2016). Control of Smart Environments Using Brain Computer Interface Based on Genetic Algorithm. In: Nguyen, N.T., Trawiński, B., Fujita, H., Hong, TP. (eds) Intelligent Information and Database Systems. ACIIDS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9622. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49390-8_75
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