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Analysing How Users Prefer to Model Contextual Event-Action Behaviours in Their Smartphones

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End-User Development (IS-EUD 2015)

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Developing context-dependent applications involves indicating the relevant contextual events and the corresponding actions. Based on an analysis of the usability and expressiveness of three Android apps for developing such applications, we have started a study that aims to identify a general solution able to better represent how users classify the relevant concepts in order to facilitate their manipulation during development. We report on a card sorting experiment carried out with 18 users for this purpose, and an analysis of its results, with suggestions for improving current designs and informing future solutions.

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  1. CNR-ISTI, HIIS Laboratory, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Gabriella Lucci & Fabio Paternò

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  1. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain

    Paloma Díaz

  2. Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    Volkmar Pipek

  3. Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

    Carmelo Ardito

  4. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

    Carlos Jensen

  5. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain

    Ignacio Aedo

  6. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, St. Augustin, Germany

    Alexander Boden

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Lucci, G., Paternò, F. (2015). Analysing How Users Prefer to Model Contextual Event-Action Behaviours in Their Smartphones. In: Díaz, P., Pipek, V., Ardito, C., Jensen, C., Aedo, I., Boden, A. (eds) End-User Development. IS-EUD 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9083. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18425-8_14

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