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STFL: a spatio temporal filtering language with applications in assisted living

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Athanasios Bamis,

Andreas SavvidesAuthors Info & Claims

PETRA '09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1579114.1579119

Published: 09 June 2009 Publication History

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In this paper we introduce the Spatio Temporal Filtering Language (STFL), which is a language framework that aims to provide the primitives for easily defining rules and sequences of rules and constraints. These sequences of rules can be used to convert low-level streams of sensor data into higher-level semantics and provide triggers for actuation. Among others STFL provides support for heterogeneous types of sensors, composability and code reusability. Special emphasis is given on the support of different categories of users by providing different types of interfaces spanning from a natural-like language aiming at end-users to a regular scripting language aiming at system developers. The expressiveness and power of STFL is presented through an assisted living scenario.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s00779-010-0282-z

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STFL: a spatio temporal filtering language with applications in assisted living
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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Ho BBalaji BNikzad NSrivastava MLee STakayama LTruong K(2017)EmuProceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers10.1145/3123024.3124568(959-964)Online publication date: 11-Sep-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3123024.3124568
Dublon GPardue LMayton BSwartz NJoliat NHurst PParadiso J(2011)DoppelLab: Tools for exploring and harnessing multimodal sensor network data2011 IEEE SENSORS Proceedings10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6126903(1612-1615)Online publication date: Oct-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6126903
Bamis ALymberopoulos DTeixeira TSavvides A(2010)The BehaviorScope framework for enabling ambient assisted livingPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing10.1007/s00779-010-0282-z14:6(473-487)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s00779-010-0282-z

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