MyBus: Helping Bus Riders Make Informed Decisions

Poster: Making Well-Informed Software Design Decisions

Design decisions software architects make directly impact system quality. Real-world systems involve a large number of such decisions, and each decision is typically influenced by others and involves trade-offs in system properties. This paper poses the problem of making complex, interacting design decision relatively early in the project’s lifecycle and outlines a search-based and simulationba...

Contributing During the Commute: Why Transit Riders Submit Information About Bus Stops with StopInfo

A key issue for systems that rely on community contributed, updated, and verified information is motivating and sustain­ ing participation. We investigate this issue in the context of civic, geographically-situated information systems. We fo­ cus on StopInfo, a system that provides detailed information about transit stops, primarily oriented toward blind and low vision riders. StopInfo augments...

Helping people make well-informed decisions before, during and after disasters: The Evidence Aid initiative.

Helping patients make better decisions: how to apply behavioral economics in clinical practice

Clinicians are committed to effectively educating patients and helping them to make sound decisions concerning their own health care. However, how do clinicians determine what is effective education? How do they present information clearly and in a manner that patients understand and can use to make informed decisions? Behavioral economics (BE) is a subfield of economics that can assist clinici...

Wheelchair rider risk in motor vehicles: a technical note.

A better understanding of the risk involved in riding different sizes and types of motor vehicles is required to make informed decisions regarding a reasonable level of protection for wheelchair riders. Wheelchair rider accident information that can be used to estimate risk is quite limited. This paper reviewed the resources available, including the National Electronic Injury Surveillance Syste...