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CSCW
2012
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Removing gamification from an enterprise SNS
Gamification, the use of game mechanics in non-gaming applications, has been applied to various systems to encourage desired user behaviors. In this paper, we examine patterns of ...
Jennifer Thom-Santelli, David R. Millen, Joan Morr...
TOG
2012
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13 years 9 months ago
Tailored displays to compensate for visual aberrations
We introduce tailored displays that enhance visual acuity by decomposing virtual objects and placing the resulting anisotropic pieces into the subject’s focal range. The goal is...
Vitor F. Pamplona, Manuel M. Oliveira, Daniel G. A...
SOFTWARE
1998
15 years 6 months ago
Interrupts: Just a Minute Never Is
development is a highly abstract process that requires intense concentration. The authors show that interrupting this process can significantly reduce a developer’s efficiency an...
Rini van Solingen, Egon Berghout, Frank van Latum
OSDI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Run-time Energy Consumption Estimation Based on Workload in Server Systems
This paper proposes to develop a system-wide energy consumption model for servers by making use of hardware performance counters and experimental measurements. We develop a real-t...
Adam Lewis, Soumik Ghosh, Nian-Feng Tzeng
ICDIM
2007
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
An expert system for the design of agents
The growing interest for the design and development of multi-agent systems has brought to the creation of a specific research area called Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOS...
Massimo Cossentino, Luca Sabatucci, Valeria Seidit...