From collaborative scenario recording to smart room assistance models

Abstract

There is still much to be done in implementing assistance systems for Intelligent Environments. Different approaches exist that aim at providing the user with useful and pleasant functionality. One group of methods uses behavioral models to derive supportive actions from the observation by sensors. This is a promising approach but creating such models is a laborious and error-prone task. Examples of the behavior of persons in intelligent environments and their interactions with the devices are a starting point for the (partial) generation of such models. In this paper we present an approach to record user behavior without the need of real users performing in the real environment. As a special thematic priority we will focus on the preparation phase of collaborative scenario recording and the used notation. Additionally, the paper will explain the generation of models from the recorded traces.