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Achieving user participation for adaptive applications

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Christoph Evers,

Ludger SchmidtAuthors Info & Claims

UCAmI'12: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence

Pages 200 - 207

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35377-2_28

Published: 03 December 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Adaptive applications establish the basis for many ubiquitous computing scenarios as they can dynamically adapt to changing contexts. But adaptive applications lack of success when the adaptive behaviour does not correspond to the user's interaction habits. A user study revealed that such applications are not satisfying for complex scenarios with a high degree of user interaction. We claim that there must be a trade-off between automation and user participation. By extending an existing adaptation middleware with capabilities to respect user preference and interaction behaviour we demonstrate how to integrate the user in the self-adaptation loop. Interdisciplinary results from the fields of usability engineering and interaction design include the need for an adaptation notification concept to avoid mismatching adaptation behaviour.

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UCAmI'12: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence

December 2012

519 pages

ISBN:9783642353765

Editors:
José Bravo
Castilla – La Mancha University, Paseo de la Universidad 4, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Diego López-de-Ipiña
Deusto University, Paseo de la Universidad 4, Bilbao, Spain
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Francisco Moya
Computer Architecture and Networks Group, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de la Universidad 4, Ciudad Real, Spain

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Vlachostergiou AStratogiannis GCaridakis GSiolas GMylonas P(2019)User Adaptive and Context-Aware Smart Home Using Pervasive and Semantic TechnologiesJournal of Electrical and Computer Engineering10.1155/2016/47898032016(8)Online publication date: 24-Nov-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1155/2016/4789803
Mezhoudi NKhaddam IVanderdonckt JNadimi ECerny TKim SWang W(2015)WiSelProceedings of the 2015 Conference on research in adaptive and convergent systems10.1145/2811411.2811527(349-356)Online publication date: 9-Oct-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2811411.2811527
Evers CKniewel RGeihs KSchmidt L(2014)The user in the loopFuture Generation Computer Systems10.1016/j.future.2013.12.01034(110-123)Online publication date: 1-May-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.future.2013.12.010

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