TeleCARE Time Bank: A Virtual Community supported by Mobile Agents

Octavio Castolo, Filipa Ferrada, L. M. Camarinha-Matos

2004

Abstract

The virtual community concept, when supported by adequate ICT and organizational infrastructures, represents a very promising approach for a new philosophy in elderly care and active aging. A mobile agents based approach to implement services to support a Time Bank virtual community in elderly care is introduced and a prototype system developed in the context of the TeleCARE project is presented.

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in Harvard Style

Castolo O., Ferrada F. and M. Camarinha-Matos L. (2004). TeleCARE Time Bank: A Virtual Community supported by Mobile Agents . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Tele-Care and Collaborative Virtual Communities in Elderly Care - Volume 1: TELECARE, (ICEIS 2004) ISBN 972-8865-10-4, pages 13-26. DOI: 10.5220/0002679100130026


in Bibtex Style

@conference{telecare04,
author={Octavio Castolo and Filipa Ferrada and L. M. Camarinha-Matos},
title={TeleCARE Time Bank: A Virtual Community supported by Mobile Agents},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Tele-Care and Collaborative Virtual Communities in Elderly Care - Volume 1: TELECARE, (ICEIS 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={13-26},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002679100130026},
isbn={972-8865-10-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Tele-Care and Collaborative Virtual Communities in Elderly Care - Volume 1: TELECARE, (ICEIS 2004)
TI - TeleCARE Time Bank: A Virtual Community supported by Mobile Agents
SN - 972-8865-10-4
AU - Castolo O.
AU - Ferrada F.
AU - M. Camarinha-Matos L.
PY - 2004
SP - 13
EP - 26
DO - 10.5220/0002679100130026