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Title

Substantiating quality goals with field data for socially-oriented requirements engineering

Author(s)

Pedell, Sonja;  Miller, Tim;  Sterling, Leon;  Vetere, Frank;  Howard, Steve;  Paay Jeni

Abstract

We propose a method for using ethnographic field data to substantiate agent-based models for socially-oriented systems. We investigate in-situ use of domestic technologies created to encourage fun engagement between grandparents and grandchildren separated by distance. The field data added an understanding of what 'intergenerational fun' means when 'filled' with concrete activities. Our contribution is twofold. First, we extend the understanding of agent-oriented concepts by applying them to household interactions. Second, we establish a new method for informing quality goals with field data to enable development of novel applications in the domestic domain.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies

Source

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, 02-06 May 2011, paper no. B22, pp. 1185-1186

Publication year

2011

FOR Code(s)

0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing

Keyword(s)

Ethnography;  Quality goals;  Socially-oriented requirements

Publisher

International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

Publisher URL

http://www.aamas-conference.org/

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (www.ifaamas.org). The published version is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

Research Projects

Approved socially oriented requirements engineering: software engineering meets ethnography, Australian Research Council grant number DP0880810

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