Using Logic Programming to Detect Activities in Pervasive Healthcare

  • Authors:
  • Henrik Bærbak Christensen

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ICLP '02 Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Logic Programming
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In this experience paper we present a case study in using logic programming in a pervasive computing project in the healthcare domain. An expert system is used to detect healthcare activities in a pervasive hospital environment where positions of people and things are tracked. Based on detected activities an activity-driven computing infrastructure provides computational assistance to healthcare staff on mobile-and pervasive computing equipment. Assistance range from simple activities like fast log-in into the electronic patient medical record system to complexact ivities like signing for medicine given to specific patients. We describe the role of logic programming in the infrastructure and discuss the benefits and problems of using logic programming in a pervasive context.