Abstract
The acceptance of ubiquitous systems differs between individuals. This chapter presents research results on this topic in the form of a user model that systematically describes the influence of personality factors on the acceptance of Ubiquitous Computing (UC). In addition to the traditional factors of acceptance, trust and the perceived legal certainty are considered in the model. The result connects user characteristics with the determinants of the acceptance for UC. The findings are based on surveys conducted with the application Meet-U . Potentialities for using the results to design acceptable applications are derived.
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Behrenbruch, K., Söllner, M., Schuldt, M., Schmidt, L. (2014). User Model. In: David, K., et al. Socio-technical Design of Ubiquitous Computing Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05044-7_4
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