Title: Adaptive and personalised body networking

Authors: Nikola Serbedzija; G.M. Bertolotti

Addresses: Fraunhofer FIRST, Kekulestr. 7, Berlin 12489, Germany ' Università di Pavia, via Ferrata, Pavia 1 - 27100, Italy

Abstract: Body networking calls for novel methods and tools for a tight and implicit man machine confluence. One way to achieve this is to make technical systems sensitive and reactive to user personal situation. This paper describes service-oriented software architecture, designed to respond to the user via a biocybernetic loop that transforms changes in user behaviour into services that may be incorporated into a highly personalised user-centric system. These services are used to drive real-time system adaptation tailored to a specific individual in a particular usage context.

Keywords: pervasive adaptation; body sensor networks; user-centric systems; human-machine interaction; HMI; adaptive body networking; personalised body networking; service-oriented architecture; SOA; biocybernetics; user behaviour changes; services.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAACS.2013.054829

International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, 2013 Vol.6 No.3, pp.272 - 288

Published online: 13 Sep 2014 *

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