Process choreography for Interaction simulation in Ambient Assisted Living environments

Abstract

AAL solutions and Universal Design are more and more used to empower individuals to manage his needs by using ICTs. Nevertheless, the use of design-for-all principles in ICTs is a very difficult task. Products that may seem great ideas in design time can be useless for people with limitations. The use of systems that can simulate the interaction between the user and AAL services and devices can help designers to make fewer design errors and create more useful products. In this paper, a simulator of AAL processes and services is presented. This simulator, based on process choreography principles, is intended to be used in all stages of design process. For that the system allows not only the simulation of single processes, devices and its relationship but also the connection with real devices to test the interaction between real and simulated processes and devices. © 2010 International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.