Ambiente Technologien können auf vielfältige Weise die Prozesse in Krankenhäusern unterstützen und dadurch sowohl die Effizienz als auch die Effektivität der Behandlung erhöhen. Innerhalb des vorliegenden Beitrags werden die verschiedenen Nutzungspotentiale von Ambient Intelligence in Krankenhäusern untersucht. Den in der Literatur vorherrschenden Anwendungsszenarien werden die Ergebnisse einer...

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This paper reports on the ideas and results of the First International Workshop on Aesthetic Intelligence (AxI’11) held as a satellite workshop during the International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI’11).

For any field k and integers n ≥ 1, d ≥ 3, with (n, d) not equal to (1, 3) or (2, 4), we exhibit a smooth hypersurface X over k of degree d in Pn+1 such that X has no non-trivial automorphisms over k. For (n, d) = (2, 4), we find X such that X has no non-trivial automorphisms induced by an automorphism of the ambient Pn+1.

This editorial presents advances on Human-centred Ambient Intelligence applications which take into account cognitive issues when modelling users (i.e. stress, attention disorders), and learn users’ activities/preferences and adapt to them (i.e. at home, driving a car). These papers also show AmI applications in health and education, which make them even more valuable for the general society.

This text attempts to describe an imagined future of ambient intelligence. It assumes that one day most of the current issues within ambient intelligence will be solved and that a second order ambient intelligence will be formulated, one with new research agendas. It describes several topics and ideas that might be part of this agenda and surmises on the prerequisites for this change.

The human reasoning process used in conducting arguments to resolve conflicts and reach a decision is an interdisciplinary study. Modelling argumentation has a great impact on the development of theories and applications in AI especially in critical domains that involve richness of reasoning such as Law. Therefore, argumentation has been recognised as a core topic in AI and Law. Developing comp...

The present study applies the model of American Meteorological Society-Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model (AERMOD) to investigate NO2 emissions from Besat thermal power plant, which is fuelled by natural gas to function. Results indicate that the simulated concentration of NO2 based on AERMOD, does not exceed NO2 concentration limit, set by the Iranian Ambient Air Quality Standard...