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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"user-reported"”.
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The User-Reported Critical Incident Method for Remote Usability Evaluation
Much traditional user interface evaluation is conducted in usability laboratories, where a small number of selected users is directly observed by trained evaluators. However, as the network itself and the remote work setting have become intrinsic parts of usage patterns, evaluators often have …
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The Effect of Testing Location and Task Complexity on Usability Testing Performance and User-Reported Stress Levels
… in less time in many cases, provided the user can still provide meaningful data. However, little is known about differences in the user experience between the two testing methods. In an effort to find differences in user experience between remote and traditional website usability testing, …
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Diagnosing and debugging abnormal battery drain on smartphones
… can potentially affect a significant number of users. The goal of this thesis is to understand ABD issues, assist smartphone users to diagnose ABD issues and help developers prevent software bugs that may lead to ABD issues. We make three major contributions in different phases of smartphone …
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Improvements to Enhance The Security and Reliability of Crowdsourced Spectrum Access Systems and Cognitive Radio Networks
… contributions that follow. To enhance trust in user-reported data, the Whisper Key Location Verification method is introduced. It validates the physical location of crowdsourced nodes by combining radio and internet-based checks, filtering out falsified reports and improving Primary User (PU) …
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Design and deploy : iterative methods in adapting mobile technologies for data acquisition : a case study in St. Louis, Missouri
… dynamics of onboard security perception, as reported by users, along the 70 bus line in St. Louis. Over a brief, three-day period in March, an on-board survey was implemented via Flocktracker. Based on this field work, the thesis presents aspects of the route data collected …
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Factors Influencing User-level Success In Police Informationsharing: An Examination Of Florida's Finder System
… low-level data among 121 police agencies. The user-level value of FINDER was empirically examined using Goodhue's (1995) Task-Technology Fit framework. Objective system data from 1,352 users, user-reported "successes," and a survey of 402 active users helped define parameters of user-level …
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Digital trust, safety, and privacy in the age of emerging technologies: empirical and policy insights from global social media use
… business models, these platforms also expose users to significant digital risks, including privacy-invasive targeted advertising, fraudulent content and scams. These risks are amplified by integration of Generative AI, enabling hyper-personalized and scalable synthetic content generation. …
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Applying the Critical Incident Technique to Remote Usability Evaluation
… is separated in space and/or time from the user. There are several approaches by which to implement remote evaluation, limited only by the availability of supporting technology. One such implementation method is RECITE (the REmote Critical Incident TEchnique), an adaptation of the …
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Advancing Water Security and Environmental Sustainability Through Evaluation of Water Use From the Field to State-Wide Scale
… under certain provisions of VWP regulations, users are exempted from having a permit. Such permit exemptions exist in many states and present a severe challenge to water supply management. Chapter 2 compares the impact of permit exemptions on surface water availability and drought flows and …