Distinguishing activities of daily living in a multi-occupancy environment

Ambient sensor systems in an intelligent environment are often used to monitor and infer Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Existing research on the recognition of ADL from ambient sensors assumes that the intelligent environment is inhabited by a single-occupant (older adults). However, in the real environment there may be situations in which there is more than one occupant for a time. The focus of this study is to distinguish the number of...