Search for dissertations about: "User Benefits"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 swedish dissertations containing the words User Benefits.

2. 1. Smart Homes and User Values : Long-term evaluation of IT-services in Residential and Single Family Dwellings

   Author : Greger Sandström; Ulf Keijer; Brian Atkin; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; accessibility; developer; dwelling; construction process; evaluation; home; housing; information technology; intelligent building; long-term; model; post-occupancy evaluation; resident; service delivery; smart home; trust; usability; usefulness; user; user evaluation; user experience; user value; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Abstract : Do residents find value in smart home functions? How should these functions be designed to offer user benefit? These were the governing questions of this study that involved nearly 200 families in three different housing projects during five years of occupancy. The housing units were equipped with advanced smart homes solutions, electronic and digital devices to control them, and a set of functions to increase comfort, safety and security in the homes. READ MORE

4. 2. Leveraging user relationships for innovation within sustained producer-user ecosystems : Observations from the medical technology industry

   Author : Carl Wadell; Mats Magnusson; Fredrik Hacklin; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Producer-user ecosystems; User involvement; Innovation; Boundary-spanners; Social networks; Medical technology; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

   Abstract : Today we can see how companies are making significant investments in various methods and tools to access and utilize the users’ knowledge for the purpose of innovation efforts. What many highly innovative companies try to accomplish with these investments is to develop and establish sustained producer-user ecosystems. READ MORE

5. 3. Designing for Usable Privacy and Transparency in Digital Transactions

   Author : Julio Angulo; John Sören Pettersson; Simone Fischer-Hübner; Erik Wästlund; Joachim Meyer; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Usable privacy; usable transparency; usability; user experience; mental models; mobile devices; digital transactions; e-commerce; user interfaces; Information Systems; Informatik; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : People engage with multiple online services and carry out a range of different digital transactions with these services. Registering an account, sharing content in social networks, or requesting products or services online are a few examples of such digital transactions. READ MORE

6. 4. On User Involvement in Research on Ageing and Health

   Author : Joakim Frögren; Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Digital health; Housing provision; E-health; Dementia; Ageing in place; Built environment; Decision support; Housing accessibility; Housing and health; Research circle; Trade-offs; Planning; Public health; User involvement; Sweden; Older people; Ageing and older people; Mild Cognitive Impairment;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore the perceptions of, prerequisites for and benefits of user involvement among older people, persons with functional impairments and other user groups important to the research area. By using an adapted conceptual tool to categorize the various user involvement studies comprising the thesis, the aim wasalso to reflect on the importance of study design for the outcomes of the user involvement, and thus to contribute to the development of generalizable knowledge and cumulative knowledge in research on ageing and health. READ MORE

7. 5. Fostering User Involvement in Ontology Alignment and Alignment Evaluation

   Author : Valentina Ivanova; Patrick Lambrix; Nahid Shahmehri; Fabien Gandon; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Knowledge representation; ontology; ontology engineering; ontology debugging; ontology matching; ontology matching evaluation; user interfaces; human-computer interaction; large and high-resolution displays;

   Abstract : The abundance of data at our disposal empowers data-driven applications and decision making. The knowledge captured in the data, however, has not been utilized to full potential, as it is only accessible to human interpretation and data are distributed in heterogeneous repositories. READ MORE