Augusto, J.

Contexts and context-awareness revisited from an intelligent environments perspective

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Augusto, J. 2022. Contexts and context-awareness revisited from an intelligent environments perspective. Applied Artificial Intelligence. 36 (1), pp. 694-725. https://doi.org/10.1080/08839514.2021.2008644

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Title	Contexts and context-awareness revisited from an intelligent environments perspective
Authors	Augusto, J.
Abstract	Context is a useful concept somehow unconsciously used by humans in daily life problem-solving. Recently several subareas of computer science have been increasingly trying to rely on this concept to design systems with practical use in certain predefined circumstances. The perception is that imbuing in the system certain context-awareness qualities can support intelligent decision-making in specific practical situations. Despite a significant number of implemented systems which aim at providing context-awareness there is a lack of commonly accepted and used methodologies and tools. At the root of this, is the lack of agreement on a set of good principles or standards which can act as a guide to the scientific community and the developers interested in this class of systems. There have been some extensive surveys on the use of context, still there is no theoretical corpus emerging which we can use to discuss the essential concepts making up the fabric of contexts and its use by system developers. Here we attempted such enterprise at a level which is more formal than popular surveys, in a way that is not implementation dependent and in a way that highlights key concepts of relevance to developers. We reassessed first the basic concepts identifying the need to more prominently consider system beneficiaries’ satisfaction. We then transfer explicitly these values to a more formal outline of the basic components and the operations which emerge as relevant. We identify and highlight the tasks of context activation, comparison, influence, construction, and interaction. We hint at how these may work in practice and explained these through examples. We show how the theory is flexible enough by generalizing it to multiusers so that optimization of global preferences and expectations is used to drive system development and system behaviour.
Research Group	Research Group on Development of Intelligent Environments
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Journal	Applied Artificial Intelligence
ISSN	0883-9514
Electronic	1087-6545
Online	02 Mar 2022
Print	31 Dec 2022
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Deposited	18 Nov 2021
Submitted	21 May 2021
Accepted	15 Nov 2021
Output status	Published
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Copyright Statement	© 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1080/08839514.2021.2008644
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Advancing ambient assisted living with caution

Huyck, C., Augusto, J., Gao, X. and Botia, J. 2015. Advancing ambient assisted living with caution. in: Helfert, M., Holzinger, A., Ziefle, M., Fred, A., O'Donoghue, J. and Röcker, C. (ed.) Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health: First International Conference, ICT4AgeingWell 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-22, 2015. Revised Selected Papers Springer.

Assessing real world imagery in virtual environments for people with cognitive disabilities

Covaci, A., Kramer, D., Augusto, J., Rus, S. and Braun, A. 2015. Assessing real world imagery in virtual environments for people with cognitive disabilities. Intelligent Environments 2015. Prague, Czech Republic 15 - 17 Jul 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). pp. 41-48

Spatial health systems: the state of the art

Gottfried, B., Aghajan, H., Wong, K., Augusto, J., Guesgen, H., Kirste, T. and Lawo, M. 2014. Spatial health systems: the state of the art. in: Holzinger, A., Ziefle, M. and Roecker, C. (ed.) Smart health. State of the art Springer Verlag. pp. 41-70

Developing navigational services for people with Down's Syndrome

Kramer, D., Covaci, A. and Augusto, J. 2015. Developing navigational services for people with Down's Syndrome. 2015 International Conference on Intelligent Environments. Prague, Czech Republic 15 - 17 Jul 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). pp. 128-131 https://doi.org/10.1109/IE.2015.26

Context-awareness to increase inclusion of people with DS in society

Kramer, D., Augusto, J. and Clark, T. 2014. Context-awareness to increase inclusion of people with DS in society. AAAI 14: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Applied to Assistive Technologies and Smart Environments (ATSE 2014). Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 27 - 31 Jul 2014 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). pp. 27-31

Night optimised care technology for users needing assisted lifestyles

Augusto, J., Mulvenna, M., Zheng, H., Wang, H., Martin, S., McCullagh, P. and Wallace, J. 2014. Night optimised care technology for users needing assisted lifestyles. Behaviour and Information Technology. 33 (12), pp. 1261-1277. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2013.816773

Personalized smart environments to increase inclusion of people with Down's Syndrome

Augusto, J., Grimstad, T., Wichert, R., Schulze, E., Braun, A., Rødevand, G. and Ridley, V. 2013. Personalized smart environments to increase inclusion of people with Down's Syndrome. Augusto, J., Wichert, R., Collier, R., Keyson, D., Salah, A. and Tan, A. (ed.) International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence. Dublin, Ireland Springer International. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03647-2_16

Reflections on ambient intelligence systems handling of user preferences and needs

Augusto, J. 2014. Reflections on ambient intelligence systems handling of user preferences and needs. The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'14). Shanghai, P.R. China 29 Jun - 04 Jul 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). pp. 369-371

AAL4DS (Can AAL technology help people with Down’s Syndrome to live better lives?)

Augusto, J. 2012. AAL4DS (Can AAL technology help people with Down’s Syndrome to live better lives?). Proceedings of AALForum2012 (Tomorrow in Sight: from Design to Delivery). Eindhoven, The Netherlands 26 Sep 2012 pp. 79-83

A group decision making model for partially ordered preference under uncertainty

Chen, S., Liu, J., Wang, H. and Augusto, J. 2015. A group decision making model for partially ordered preference under uncertainty. Information Fusion. 25, pp. 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2014.11.001

eFRIEND: an ethical framework for intelligent environments development

Jones, S., Hara, S. and Augusto, J. 2015. eFRIEND: an ethical framework for intelligent environments development. Ethics and Information Technology. 17 (1), pp. 11-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-014-9358-1

Requirements for context-aware systems

Evans, C., Brodie, L. and Augusto, J. 2014. Requirements for context-aware systems. 20th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundations for Software Quality (REFSQ). Essen, Germany 07 - 10 Apr 2014 pp. 137-138

Requirements engineering for intelligent environments

Evans, C., Brodie, L. and Augusto, J. 2014. Requirements engineering for intelligent environments. The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments. Shanghai, China 29 Jun - 04 Jul 2014 pp. 154-161

A user-centric software development process

Augusto, J. 2014. A user-centric software development process. The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'14). Shanghai, P.R. China 29 Jun - 04 Jul 2014 pp. 252-255

Sensors for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and smart homes

Martinez Madrid, N., Martinez Fernandez, J., Seepold, R. and Augusto, J. 2013. Sensors for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) and smart homes. in: Filippini, D. (ed.) Autonomous Sensor Networks: Collective Sensing Strategies for Analytical Purposes Springer.

Context-aware discovery of human frequent behaviours through sensor information interpretation

Aztiria, A. and Augusto, J. 2013. Context-aware discovery of human frequent behaviours through sensor information interpretation. in: Guesgen, H. and Marsland, S. (ed.) Human Behavior Recognition Technologies: Intelligent Applications for Monitoring and Security IGI Global. pp. 14-32

A hierarchical human activity recognition framework based on automated reasoning

Chen, S., Liu, J., Wang, H. and Augusto, J. 2013. A hierarchical human activity recognition framework based on automated reasoning. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC2013). Manchester, UK 13 - 16 Oct 2013

A linguistic multi-criteria decision making approach based on logical reasoning

Chen, S., Liu, J., Wang, H. and Augusto, J. 2014. A linguistic multi-criteria decision making approach based on logical reasoning. Information Sciences. 258, pp. 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2013.08.040

Participatory research to design a novel system to support the night-time needs of people with dementia; NOCTURNAL

Martin, S., Augusto, J., McCullagh, P., Carswell, W., Zheng, H., Wang, H., Wallace, J. and Mulvenna, M. 2013. Participatory research to design a novel system to support the night-time needs of people with dementia; NOCTURNAL. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 10 (12), pp. 6764-6782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10126764

Self-aware trader: a new approach to safer trading

Martínez Fernández, J., Augusto, J., Trombino, G., Seepold, R. and Martinez Madrid, N. 2013. Self-aware trader: a new approach to safer trading. Journal of Universal Computer Science. 19 (15), pp. 2292-2319.

Learning frequent behaviours of the users in intelligent environments

Aztiria, A., Augusto, J., Basagoiti, R., Izaguirre, A. and Cook, D. 2013. Learning frequent behaviours of the users in intelligent environments. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems. 43 (6), pp. 1265-1278. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2013.2252892

Intelligent environments: a manifesto

Augusto, J., Callaghan, V., Kameas, A., Cook, D. and Satoh, I. 2013. Intelligent environments: a manifesto. Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences. 3 (12). https://doi.org/10.1186/2192-1962-3-12

eFRIEND: an ethical framework for intelligent environment development

Jones, S., Augusto, J. and Hara, S. 2014. eFRIEND: an ethical framework for intelligent environment development. The 7th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments: PETRA 2014. Rhodes, Greece 27 - 30 May 2014 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2674396.2674410

Visualization of data for ambient assisted living services

Mulvenna, M., Carswell, W., McCullagh, P., Augusto, J., Zheng, H., Jeffers, P., Wang, H. and Martin, S. 2011. Visualization of data for ambient assisted living services. IEEE Communications Magazine. 49 (1), pp. 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2011.5681023

Mass function derivation and combination in multivariate data spaces

Wang, H., Liu, J. and Augusto, J. 2010. Mass function derivation and combination in multivariate data spaces. Information Sciences. 180 (6), pp. 813-819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2009.08.027

Design and evaluation of an ambient assisted living system based on an argumentative multi-agent system

Muñoz, A., Augusto, J., Villa, A. and Botía, J. 2011. Design and evaluation of an ambient assisted living system based on an argumentative multi-agent system. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 15 (4), pp. 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0361-1

Ordering based decision making: a survey

Chen, S., Liu, J., Wang, H. and Augusto, J. 2013. Ordering based decision making: a survey. Information Fusion. 14 (4), pp. 521-531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2012.10.005

Software simulation and verification to increase the reliability of intelligent environments

Augusto, J. and Hornos, M. 2013. Software simulation and verification to increase the reliability of intelligent environments. Advances in Engineering Software. 58, pp. 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2012.12.004

Using patterns position distribution for software failure detection

Li, C., Chen, Z., Du, H., Wang, H., Wilkie, G., Augusto, J. and Liu, J. 2013. Using patterns position distribution for software failure detection. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems. 6 (2), pp. 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/18756891.2013.768442

A sensor technology survey for a stress aware trading process

Fernandez, J., Augusto, J., Seepold, R. and Madrid, N. 2012. A sensor technology survey for a stress aware trading process. Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Part C. 42 (6), pp. 809-824. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMCC.2011.2179028

Discovering frequent user-environment interactions in intelligent environments

Aztiria, A., Augusto, J., Basagoiti, R., Izaguirre, A. and Cook, D. 2012. Discovering frequent user-environment interactions in intelligent environments. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 16 (1), pp. 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-011-0471-4

A linguistic truth-value temporal reasoning (LTR) system and its application to the design of an intelligent environment

Lu, Z., Augusto, J., Liu, J. and Wang, H. 2012. A linguistic truth-value temporal reasoning (LTR) system and its application to the design of an intelligent environment. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems. 5 (1), pp. 173-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/18756891.2012.670529

Static verification of wireless sensor networks with formal methods

Testa, A., Coronato, A., Cinque, M. and Augusto, J. 2012. Static verification of wireless sensor networks with formal methods. 8th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems (SITIS 2012). Naples, Italy 25 - 29 Nov 2012 pp. 587-594

Modeling eating disorders of cognitive impaired people

Coronato, A., De Pietro, G. and Augusto, J. 2012. Modeling eating disorders of cognitive impaired people. HumanCom'2012. Gwangju, South Korea pp. 165-172

An evidential reasoning based approach for decision making with partially ordered preference under uncertainty

Chen, S., Liu, J., Wang, H. and Augusto, J. 2013. An evidential reasoning based approach for decision making with partially ordered preference under uncertainty. 2013 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics. Tianjin, China 14 - 17 Jul 2013 IEEE. pp. 1712-1717 https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLC.2013.6890874