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AOSE
2003
Springer
14 years 18 days ago
Activity Theory for the Analysis and Design of Multi-agent Systems
This paper shows how to verify a Multi-Agent System specification using human organization metaphors. This proposal applies Activity Theory, which has its roots in Sociology, to st...
Rubén Fuentes, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, ...
SIGCSE
2002
ACM
218views Education» more  SIGCSE 2002»
13 years 7 months ago
Participatory design in a human-computer interaction course: teaching ethnography methods to computer scientists
Empirical evidence shows the ability for computer technology to deliver on its promises of enhancing our quality of life relies on how well the application fits our understanding ...
Jerry B. Weinberg, Mary L. Stephen
HICSS
2008
IEEE
150views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2008»
14 years 1 months ago
Quantitative Early-Phase User Research Methods: Hard Data for Initial Product Design
We describe questions that commonly arise in early-phase user research for new technology products concerning customer needs, priorities, and market definition. We suggest that me...
Christopher N. Chapman, Edwin Love, James L. Alfor...
DATE
2005
IEEE
109views Hardware» more  DATE 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Systematic Analysis of Active Clock Deskewing Systems Using Control Theory
— A formal methodology for the analysis of a closed loop clock distribution and active deskewing network is proposed. In this paper an active clock distribution and deskewing net...
Vinil Varghese, Tom Chen, Peter Michael Young
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
One size does not fit all: applying the transtheoretical model to energy feedback technology design
Global warming, and the climate change it induces, is an urgent global issue. One remedy to this problem, and the focus of this paper, is to motivate sustainable energy usage beha...
Helen Ai He, Saul Greenberg, Elaine M. Huang