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Modelling with Problem Frames: Explanations and Context in Ambient Intelligent Systems

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Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT 2011)

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When designing and implementing real world ambient intelligent systems we are in need of applicable information systems engineering methods. The tools we find in the intelligent systems area focus on the knowledge engineering parts, whereas traditional software engineering techniques are usually not designed with the peculiarities of intelligent systems design in mind. This holds in particular for explanation-aware intelligent systems. This work looks at problem frames for explanations and investigates how problem frames can be used to elicit, analyse, and specify these specific requirements. The point of departure is an existing ambient intelligent information system for the hospital ward domain. The work presented here analyses how such a system can be redesigned with a focus on explanation-awareness.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Anders Kofod-Petersen

  2. Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems (IMIS), University of Lübeck, 23562, Lübeck, Germany

    Jörg Cassens

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  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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Kofod-Petersen, A., Cassens, J. (2011). Modelling with Problem Frames: Explanations and Context in Ambient Intelligent Systems. 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_17

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