An increasing number of technology users are participating in enduser development (EUD) activities, oriented towards crafting and customizing their technology in use. Embedded within a larger culture of participation, these activities open up exciting possibilities for end user empowerment and creativity, but new challenges have emerged as a result. End users are now threatened by participation...

BACKGROUND Radiation delivery for malignant brain tumors is gradually becoming more precise. Particularly the possibilities of sparing adjacent normal structures such as the hippocampus are increasing. To determine its radiation exposure more exactly, the equivalent uniform dose (EUD) of the hippocampus was compared with further treatment parameters. This way sparing options could be found. M...

User diversity and co-evolution of users and systems are two important phenomena usually observed in the design and use of IT artifacts. In the last years, End-User Development (EUD) has been proposed to tap in these phenomena, by providing mechanisms that support people, who are not software professionals, to modify, adapt, and even create IT artifacts according to their specific and evolving ...

Context Awareness (CA) is an important capability needed in devices in a ubiquitous computing environment. Ubiquitous computing devices use different types of sensors along with the user’s interaction histories to collect and store data. This data is then used to adapt the user’s behavior to suit the current environment. End User Development (EUD) capability is an essential part of any flexible...

In recent years, platforms such as Arduino have made it easier for makers and hobbyists to create “smart objects” and connected devices. However, there are some unique barriers when developing embedded systems that challenge non-professionals. We derive these barriers from existing literature on end-userdevelopment (EUD) in general and in particular EUD for embedded devices. In this paper, we p...

Context Awareness (CA) is an important capability needed in devices in a ubiquitous computing environment. Ubiquitous computing devices use different types of sensors along with the user’s interaction histories to collect and store data. This data is then used to adapt the user’s behavior to suit the current environment. End User Development (EUD) capability is an essential part of any flexible...

Communities present considerable challenges for the design and application of supportive information technology (IT), especially in looselyintegrated and informal contexts, as it is often the case of Communities of Practice (CoP). An approach that actively supports user communities in the process of IT appropriation can help alleviate the impossibility of their members to rely on continuous pro...

Context-awareness enables systems to be tailored the needs of users and their real circumstances at certain times. A noteworthy trend in software development is that an increasing number are being developed by individuals with expert knowledge other sectors. Because most current context-aware toolkits intended for developers, these types cannot easily non-technical consumers. The tools designin...

Early and accurate estimation of software size plays an important role in facilitating effort and cost estimation of software systems. One of the commonly used methodologies for software size estimation is Function Point Analysis (FPA). The purpose of Software size estimation and effort estimation techniques is to provide a useful measure of the software complexities, efforts, and costs involve...