Research on the Internet of Things (IoT) has devoted many efforts to technological aspects.
Little social and practical benefits have emerged so far. IoT devices, so-called smart objects …

This paper presents a systematic literature review in the Internet of Things and Ambient
Intelligence areas. The goal was to identify the best software tools that allow end users …

Our contribution will review, analyze, discuss, and synthesize the research work done over
the last 10 years exploring meta-design as a major framework for end-user development …

This paper describes a 63-participant user study that compares two widely known systems
supporting end users in creating trigger-action rules for the Internet of Things and Ambient …

ABSTRACT Planning Support Systems (PSS) are computer-based tools that assist
professionals in land use planning activities. Although several researchers acknowledge the …

The main claim of this chapter is that, in order to bridge the gap between what users need
and what is given to them as a solution to those needs, the concept of design has to be …

Objective The overall objective of the research work presented in this paper is to investigate
models, methods and architectures to replace fixed, pre-packaged applications with flexible …

Professional programmers are significantly outnumbered by end-users of software, making it
problematic to predict the diverse, dynamic needs of these users in advance. An end-user …

User diversity and co-evolution of users and systems are two important phenomena usually
observed in the design and use of IT artifacts. In recent years, End-User Development (EUD) …

In this work, we provide an overview of contemporary perspectives of design that may
challenge the traditional design of IT and socio-technical systems. Our starting metaphor is …