Title
A framework to support intelligibility in pervasive applications
Abstract
Adaptations of context-aware applications do not always result in behaviours that users expect, due to imperfect sensing of context information and variability in human preferences, etc. This can negatively impact the user experience of applications and compromise the trust users have in them. In order to gain user acceptance it is critical for applications to support intelligibility, so they are capable of justifying their adaptive actions and explaining the decision process of adaptations to their users. Based on these intelligible explanations, users should be able to modify application settings/thresholds to correct any undesirable behaviour. This paper presents a model-based developmental framework that supports intelligibility and user control of context-aware applications. It identifies and exposes the internal middleware models which influence adaptation decisions, and facilitates generations of explanations regarding evaluations of the models. These middleware models include preference models defined using Defeasible Logic, situation abstractions specified using Hidden Markov Models and First Order Logic, and context models developed using Context Modelling Language. The framework also takes into account users' expertise in technology when providing explanations and control to application behaviours.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/PerComW.2013.6529453
Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
formal logic,hidden Markov models,middleware,simulation languages,ubiquitous computing,context modelling language,context-aware applications,decision process,defeasible logic,first order logic,hidden Markov models,intelligibility,internal middleware,pervasive applications,situation abstractions,context modelling,context-aware,framework,infrastructure,intelligibility
Conference
2474-2503
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-5076-1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
9
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Johnson Fong100.34
Jadwiga Indulska22092146.96
Ricky Robinson321315.60