Efficient Representation of Smart Environments using
a Parallelized Approach
ACEEE Int. J. on Information Technology, (March 2013)Abstract
A parallel approach to model Smart Environments
in order to represent them efficiently has been presented in
this paper. The focus of this research work is to achieve fast
response during the dynamic retrieval of information in smart
environments. The motivation here is to enable assisted living
in an effective manner in smart home environments.
Representation of smart environments includes the
representation of the real-time data as well as representation
of the system. Real-time data from the smart environment is
represented here using the separate chaining hash table data
structure while the smart environment is represented here
using a variant of an existing membrane computing model
referred to as the Distributed P System. The model proposed
in this research work is designed to produce alerts
spontaneously in the environment when abnormal activities
are identified by a reasoning system that is assumed to be
part of the smart environment. A prototype of the above model
has been developed and it is capable of generating SMS alerts
that can be sent to the occupant’s care taker for remote
monitoring of the occupant.