Personal Assistants: Emerging Computational Technologies

This book provides an overview of the current research in the interdisciplinary area of personal assistants (PA) and cognitively inspired systems. It discusses the most relevant topics in this highly diversified domain, like reasoning, health, personaliza

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Angelo Costa Vicente Julian Paulo Novais Editors

Personal Assistants: Emerging Computational Technologies

Intelligent Systems Reference Library Volume 132

Series editors Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected] Lakhmi C. Jain, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; Bournemouth University, UK; KES International, UK e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] http://www.kesinternational.org/organisation.php

About this Series The aim of this series is to publish a Reference Library, including novel advances and developments in all aspects of Intelligent Systems in an easily accessible and well structured form. The series includes reference works, handbooks, compendia, textbooks, well-structured monographs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. It contains well integrated knowledge and current information in the field of Intelligent Systems. The series covers the theory, applications, and design methods of Intelligent Systems. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, computer science, avionics, business, e-commerce, environment, healthcare, physics and life science are included.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8578

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Editors Angelo Costa Departamento de Informática/Centro ALGORITMI Escola de Engenharia, Universidade do Minho Braga Portugal

Paulo Novais Departamento de Informática/Centro ALGORITMI Escola de Engenharia, Universidade do Minho Braga Portugal

Vicente Julian Department of Computer Systems and Computation Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia Spain

ISSN 1868-4394 ISSN 1868-4408 (electronic) Intelligent Systems Reference Library ISBN 978-3-319-62529-4 ISBN 978-3-319-62530-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62530-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017945699 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been