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Evaluating Pervasive and Ubiquitous Systems
July-September 2008 (vol. 7 no. 3)
pp. 85-88
Steve Neely, University College Dublin
Graeme Stevenson, University College Dublin
Christian Kray, Newcastle University
Ingrid Mulder, Rotterdam University
Kay Connelly, Indiana University
Katie A. Siek, University of Colorado at Boulder
Recognized evaluation strategies are essential to systematically advance a research field's state of the art. Pervasive and ubiquitous computing need such strategies to mature as a discipline and to enable researchers to objectively assess and compare new techniques' contributions. Researchers have shown that evaluating ubiquitous systems can be difficult, so approaches tend to be subjective, piecemeal, or both. To ensure that the validity and usability of proposed systems won't be compromised, researchers must reach consensus on a set of standard evaluation methods for ubiquitous systems. Otherwise, methods for scientifically testing and presenting state-of-the-art advances will remain unclear. In this article, the organizers from four different workshop series, each focused on this topic, summarize and discuss the main outcomes of these events.
Index Terms:
ubiquitous computing, design Studies, measurement techniques, usability testing, user interfaces, human factors, human-centered computing, evaluation/methodology (user interfaces), pervasive computing
Citation:
Steve Neely, Graeme Stevenson, Christian Kray, Ingrid Mulder, Kay Connelly, Katie A. Siek, "Evaluating Pervasive and Ubiquitous Systems," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 85-88, July-Sept. 2008, doi:10.1109/MPRV.2008.47
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