Smart Adaptation tools for Buildings (Adapt-ABLE): A System for Streamlining Housing Adaptation Process for Aged and Disabled

很大一部分英国老龄化和残疾人口希望留在自己的房子里，从而提高社区参与度，自尊，隐私和高水平的活动（Zhou，Oyegoke&Sun，2018）。为了实现这一点，以及与生活在护理中相比的相关成本效益，政府有法定责任为住房改造提供财政援助。然而，这一过程目前很繁琐（而且容易拖延），包括转诊、分配、评估、供资？所有这些都涉及到各种利益相关者，但流程不那么精简。完成这一过程的时间范围很大，有些人需要长达1460天（琼斯，2017），这意味着一些申请人可能已经死亡或暂时转移到护理。互动平台，促进快速/自我评估和适应。该研究采用机器学习（ML），高级优化，决策支持系统（DSS）和云计算技术来创建一个创新工具（Adapt-ABLE），简化从自我/家庭评估到安装到性能管理的整个过程。它由五个要素组成：1。家庭评估/分析平台该平台允许用户评估老年人和各种残疾人在家中生活的舒适度。该平台将提供年龄和残疾友好矩阵，并建议所需的变化，以支持人们的年龄。适应性指示性评估平台一个可访问的在线平台，允许自我或第三方推荐。这是一个一站式服务中心，对需要要求进行指示性自我评估，考虑/确定致命性阈值、适应程度、案件风险范围、自动经济状况调查，并即时显示指示性评估结果。该系统还将把不合格的申请人与可以寻求进一步帮助的地方联系起来。Adapt-ABLE采购和投标解释该平台自动化需求，以规范从数据库。申请人或其代表可利用该系统上载证明文件、选择图片说明及协助挑选承办商。该平台为承包商进行电子投标提供便利，承包商的信息将在平台上保存/更新。该平台将使价格安排、采购和支付问题标准化。具有用户匹配功能的自适应家庭注册一个在线平台，便于记录和准确捕获自适应家庭信息。它还将有助于使用分级和适合性指数自动匹配需要改造家园的残疾/老年申请人与合适的财产。智能性能管理和分析平台安装阶段的交互式平台-现场监督和联络。它包括监测和跟踪系统、多模式反馈平台、处理投诉的平台和知识库整合门户，以监测每个流程并随着时间的推移进行整体调整。它还将使地方当局能够衡量其业绩。

Significant proportion of the UK's ageing&disabled population desire to stay-put in their own-house, thereby enhancing community-engagement, self-esteem, privacy and high-level of activity(Zhou,Oyegoke&Sun, 2018). To enable this, and associated cost-benefits compared to living-in-care, the government have the statutory responsibility to provide financial-assistance for housing-adaptation. However, the process is currently cumbersome-(and delay-prone), including referral, allocation, assessment, funding?stallation, all of which involve various-stakeholders with less streamlined-process. The time to complete the process ranges significantly with some taking up-to-1460 days(Jones,2017), implying that some of the applicants would have died or temporarily-moved into care.Whilst there has been some improvement in the last decade, there is currently no integrated?eractive platform for facilitating speedy/self-assessment&adaptation. The proposed study adopts techniques in Machine-Learning(ML), advanced-optimisation, Decision-Support-System(DSS)&cloud-computing to create an innovative tool (Adapt-ABLE) that streamlines the whole-process from self/home-assessment through installation to performance-management. It consists of five-elements:1. Home Assessment/Analytics platformThe platform allows users to evaluate easiness of living in their home for aged and people living with various forms of disability. The platform will provide age and disability-friendliness matrix, and suggest the changes required to support people as they age.2. Adapt-ABLE Platform for Indicative AssessmentAn accessible online-platform that allows self or third-party referral. It is a one-stop shop with an indicative self-assessment of need-requirements that consider/determine eligibility-threshold, level of adaptation, case risk-band, automated means-test, with an instant display of indicative-assessment results. The system will also link unqualified-applicant to where further helps could be sought.3. Adapt-ABLE procurement and Tendering HermeneuticsThis platform automates needs requirement to specification from the database. It enables applicants or their representatives to upload supporting documents, select pictorial description and contribute to contractors' selection. It facilitates e-tendering by contractor, whose information will be held/updated on the platform. The platform will standardise price-scheduling, procurement and payment issues will be standardised.4. Adapted Home Register with User Matching FunctionalitiesAn online platform that facilitates documentation and accurate capturing of adapted home information. It would also facilitate automated matching of disabled/aged applicants in need of adapted home with suitable property using banding and suitability index.5. Smart Performance-Management and Analytics PlatformInteractive platform during installation stage - site supervision and liaison. It includes monitoring and tracking system, multi-mode feedback platform, platform dealing with complaints and portal for knowledge-base integration for monitoring of each process and overall adaptation over time. It will also enable local authority to benchmark their performance.