Rule-based tools for the configuration of ambient intelligence systems: a comparative user study

This paper describes a 63-participant user study that compares two widely known systems supporting end users in creating trigger-action rules for the Internet of Things and Ambient Intelligence scenarios. The user study is the first stage of a research agenda that concerns the implementation of a no...

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Published in:Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 5221 - 5241
Main Authors: Cabitza, Federico, Fogli, Daniela, Lanzilotti, Rosa, Piccinno, Antonio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Ambient intelligence
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Science
Data Structures and Information Theory
End users
Multimedia
Multimedia Information Systems
Smart sensors
Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
Web services
Internet of things
Rule-based programming
Ambient intelligence
Interconnection
End-user development
User study
ISSN:1380-7501, 1573-7721
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Summary:This paper describes a 63-participant user study that compares two widely known systems supporting end users in creating trigger-action rules for the Internet of Things and Ambient Intelligence scenarios. The user study is the first stage of a research agenda that concerns the implementation of a novel conceptual framework for the design and continuous evolution of ‘sentient multimedia systems’, namely socio-technical systems, where people and many kinds of hardware/software components (sensors, robots, smart devices, web services, etc.) interact with one another through the exchange of multimedia information, to give rise to intelligent, proactive behaviors. The conceptual framework is structured along three layers - physical, inference and user – and is based on an information space of events, conditions and actions, linked together in Event-Condition-Action rules and operating according to the interconnection metaphor. The results of the user study have provided some indications for the implementation of the user layer, suggesting which could be the most suitable interaction style for rule design by a community of end users (e.g. a family) and which issues should be addressed in such a wide context.
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ISSN:1380-7501
1573-7721
DOI:10.1007/s11042-016-3511-2