This chapter presents FN-AAR, an abstract model of awareness systems. The purpose of the model is to capture in a concise and abstract form essential aspects of awareness systems, many of which have been discussed in design essays or in the context of evaluating specific design solutions.
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This work is supported by the European Community under the “Information Society Technologies” Programme, FP6, project ASTRA IST 29266.
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Metaxas, G., Markopoulos, P. (2009). Abstractions of Awareness: Aware of What?. In: Markopoulos, P., De Ruyter, B., Mackay, W. (eds) Awareness Systems. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-477-5_6
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