Abstract
Smart environments comprise users and devices to form ad-hoc an ensemble and assist the users to fulfill their tasks more efficiently and more conveniently. This introduces new challenges for usability evaluations. To cope with theses issues, we propose the application of task models. Following this approach the behavior of the users can be interpreted as a trace through the corresponding task model. We discuss our method of capturing, visualizing and analyzing traces through task models within smart environments. The paper provides the first results of a prototypical implementation.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Cook, D.J., Das, S.K.: How smart are our environments? An updated look at the state of the art. Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing 3(2) (March 2007)
Feuerstack, S., Blumendorf, M., Albayrak, S.: Prototyping of Multimodal Interactions for Smart Environments based on Task Models. In: AMI 2007 Workshop on Model-Driven Software Engineering, Darmstadt, Germany (2007)
Ivory, M.Y., Hearst, M.A.: The state of the art in automating usability evaluation of user interfaces. ACM Comput. Surv. 33(4), 470–516 (2001)
Johnsen, M., Svendsen, T., Amble, T., Holter, T., Harborg, E.: TABOR – A Norwegian Spoken Dialogue System for Bus Travel Information. In: Proceedings of 6th International Conference of Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP 2000), Beijing, China (2000)
Krug, S.: Don’t make me think, New Riders, p. 5 (2000) ISBN 978-0789723109
Mäkelä, K., Salonen, E.-P., Turunen, M., Hakulinen, J., Raisamo, R.: Conducting a Wizard of Oz Experiment on a Ubiquitous Computing System Doorman. In: Proceedings of the IPNMD Workshop, Verona, December 14-15, 2001, pp. 115–119 (2001)
Malý, I., SlavÃk, P.: Towards Visual Analysis of Usability Test Logs, Hasselt, Belgium, pp. 25–32 (2006)
Paternò, F., Russino, A., Santoro, C.: Remote evaluation of Mobile Applications. In: Winckler, M., Johnson, H., Palanque, P. (eds.) TAMODIA 2007. LNCS, vol. 4849, pp. 155–168. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)
Reichart, D., Forbrig, P., Dittmar, A.: Task models as basis for requirements engineering and software execution. In: TAMODIA 2004, Czech Republic, Prague (2004)
Sinnig, D., Wurdel, M., Forbrig, P., Chalin, P., Khendek, F.: Practical Extensions for Task Models. In: Winckler, M., Johnson, H., Palanque, P. (eds.) TAMODIA 2007. LNCS, vol. 4849, pp. 42–55. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)
Trapp, M., Schmettow, M.: Consistency in use through Model based User Interface Development. In: Workshop at CHI 2006, Montreal, Canada (2006)
Youngblood, G.M., Heierman, E.O., Holder, L.B., Cook, D.J.: Automation Intelligence for the Smart Environment. In: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 1513–1516 (2005)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Buchholz, G., Propp, S. (2008). Towards Usability Evaluation for Smart Appliance Ensembles. In: Graham, T.C.N., Palanque, P. (eds) Interactive Systems. Design, Specification, and Verification. DSV-IS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5136. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70569-7_27
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70569-7_27
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-70568-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-70569-7
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)