We take two paradigms for information systems development, functionalism and social relativism, and apply their assumptions to the evaluation of ambient information systems. Ambie...
This paper addresses two problems: “What are the appropriate methods for evaluating information systems?” and “How do we measure the impact of ambient information systems?...
Xiaobin Shen, Peter Eades, Seok-Hee Hong, Andrew V...
In this paper, we begin by laying out our motivation for exploring methods of evaluating Ambient Information Systems, with a strong push toward in-situ studies. Next, we describe ...
William R. Hazlewood, Kay Connelly, Kevin Makice, ...
The paper summarises the ambient vibration-based assessment of an historic suspension footbridge, dating back to 1928. The footbridge is characterised by the timber floor system s...
It is recognized in Ambient Intelligence that ambient devices should be modeled as intelligent autonomous components rather than passive information sources. The agent paradigm sui...