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Mental Models of Ambient Systems: A Modular Research Framework

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This paper outlines our current research program in the fields of ambient intelligence and context-aware computing and the tools we are building to accomplish this research program. From a discussion of our conception of mental models in the domain of ambient context-aware computer systems we derive hypotheses which we intend to test empirically. A modular framework for implementing and assessing situation awareness in humans and computers is introduced. We describe the framework’s architecture and illustrate its suitability for its intended purpose. Finally, we present an outline of our next steps towards real world application systems for our research.

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  1. Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D–23562, Lübeck, Germany

    Felix Schmitt, Jörg Cassens, Martin Christof Kindsmüller & Michael Herczeg

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. TecO/Pervasive Computing Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Am Fasanengarten 5, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Michael Beigl  & Hedda R. Schmidtke  & 

  2. Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, P.O. box 260, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Henning Christiansen

  3. Institut für Informatik, AG Erklärungsfähige Softwaresystems, Universität Hildesheim, Marienburger Platz 22, 31141, Hildesheim, Germany

    Thomas R. Roth-Berghofer

  4. Department of Computer and Information Science, Intelligent Systems Group, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Sem Saelandsvei 7-9,, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Anders Kofod-Petersen

  5. Cognition and Communication Research Centre, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK

    Kenny R. Coventry

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Schmitt, F., Cassens, J., Kindsmüller, M.C., Herczeg, M. (2011). Mental Models of Ambient Systems: A Modular Research Framework. In: Beigl, M., Christiansen, H., Roth-Berghofer, T.R., Kofod-Petersen, A., Coventry, K.R., Schmidtke, H.R. (eds) Modeling and Using Context. CONTEXT 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6967. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24279-3_29

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