Inference of Clinical Activities from Contextual Properties

• Marcos V. B. Souza UFSM
• Iara Augustin UFSM

Abstract

In the scope of the pervasive and context-sensitive computing, is inserted the ClinicSpace project with an architecture focused to the clinical environment. Among the pervasive computing principles is the invisibility of the system, in the sense of this act without being noticed, using, for example, the task inference as way of aid in the system utilization. To perform inference of clinical tasks, in the ClinicSpace, were developed components that store the task execution history of the user together with the state of context. Therefore, by monitoring the context, the system can suggest the next task to the user to perform and improve its usability.

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