Gerontechnology - First International Workshop, IWoG 2018, Cáceres, Spain, and Évora, Portugal, 14 and 17 December, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Workshop on Gerotechnology, IWoG 2018, held in Cáceres, Spain on December  14, 2018, and in Évora, Portugal,  on December 17, 2018. The 24 revised full papers along with 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge management for health: context, cognition, behavior and user modeling; technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population; Internet of Things (IoT); smarts technologies and algorithms for health; monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases;solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care; health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people; public health initiatives.

List of contents

Knowledge management for health: context, cognition, behavior and user modeling.- Technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population.- Internet of Things (IoT).- Smarts technologies and algorithms for Health.- Monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases.- Solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care.- Health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people.- Public health initiatives.

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Workshop on Gerotechnology, IWoG 2018, held in Cáceres, Spain on December  14, 2018, and in Évora, Portugal,  on December 17, 2018. The 24 revised full papers along with 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge management for health: context, cognition, behavior and user modeling; technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population; Internet of Things (IoT); smarts technologies and algorithms for health; monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases;solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care; health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people; public health initiatives.

Product details

• Assisted by: Fonseca (Editor), Fonseca (Editor), César Fonseca (Editor), Jose Garcia-Alonso (Editor), Jos García-Alonso (Editor), José García-Alonso (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030160272
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3016027-2
• No. of pages: 380
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 24 mm x 233 mm
• Weight: 593 g
• Illustrations: XII, 380 p. 65 illus., 37 illus. in color.
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; C, Lehrmittel, Lerntechnologien, E-Learning, angewandte informatik, computer science, Information Retrieval, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Health Informatics, Computer and Information Systems Applications, Application software, Computer Communication Networks, Computers and Education, Education—Data processing, Internet searching, Expert systems / knowledge-based systems, Computer applications in the social & behavioural sciences, Computer communication systems, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Network hardware, Special purpose computers, Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems, Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences