Buildings are responsible for about 30–40% of global energy demand. At the same time, we
humans spend almost our entire life, up to 80–90% of the time, inside of buildings. Reducing …

In the actual era of smart homes and smart grids, advanced technological systems that allow
the automation of domestic tasks are develo** rapidly. There are numerous technologies …

Smart buildings are emerging as complex cyber-physical systems that aim to provide safe,
comfortable, energy-efficient, and aesthetically pleasing environments. However, traditional …

Purpose–Within the building sector a lack of clarity in terminology does not help designers,
clients or researchers. Non-domestic buildings have shown rapid increases in the use of …

Today, embedded, mobile, and cyberphysical systems are ubiquitous and used in many
applications, from industrial control systems, modern vehicles, to critical infrastructure …

This paper introduces a knowledge-driven approach to real-time, continuous activity
recognition based on multisensor data streams in smart homes. The approach goes beyond …

Ambient intelligence is an emerging discipline that brings intelligence to our everyday
environments and makes those environments sensitive to us. Ambient intelligence (AmI) …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a computing paradigm whereby everyday life objects are
augmented with computational and wireless communication capabilities, typically through …

Pervasive systems must offer an open, extensible, and evolving portfolio of services which
integrate sensor data from a diverse range of sources. The core challenge is to provide …

The new and disruptive Internet of Things (IoT)-based technologies being used in smart
homes have significantly bounded and dispersed communication components. To examine …