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The Acceptance of Domestic Ambient Intelligence Appliances by Prospective Users

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Abstract

Ambient intelligence (AmI) is a growing interdisciplinary area where the focus is shifted towards users instead of merely emphasizing the technological opportunities of AmI. Different methods are employed to understand the adoption of AmI appliances by users. However, these are often small-scale methods that are focused on specific subgroups. Large scale quantitative studies to understand the adoption of AmI appliances are scarce. In this study, a questionnaire was designed to examine how the Dutch people (n = 1221) perceive AmI appliances for domestic settings. Findings show that intention to adopt AmI appliances was low and that respondents had a negative to neutral attitude towards AmI appliances. On the basis of structural equation analysis, results suggest that adoption of AmI appliances could be explained by outcome expectancies of AmI appliances. The potential implications of the findings are discussed.

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    Somaya Ben Allouch, Jan A. G. M. van Dijk & Oscar Peters

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  1. Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, 5322, Endo, 252-8520, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa, Japan

    Hideyuki Tokuda

  2. Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Mühlenpfordtstrasse 23, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    Michael Beigl

  3. Computing Department, InfoLab 2, South Drive, Lancaster University, LA1 4WA, Lancaster, UK

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  4. Microsoft Research, One Microsoft Way, 98052-6399, Redmond, WA, USA

    A. J. Bernheim Brush

  5. Department of Information Systems and Multimedia Design, Tokyo Denki University, 2–2 Kanda-Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, 101–8457, Tokyo, Japan

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Ben Allouch, S., van Dijk, J.A.G.M., Peters, O. (2009). The Acceptance of Domestic Ambient Intelligence Appliances by Prospective Users. In: Tokuda, H., Beigl, M., Friday, A., Brush, A.J.B., Tobe, Y. (eds) Pervasive Computing. Pervasive 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5538. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01516-8_7

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