Device cooperation in ad-hoc multimedia ensembles Plociennik, Christiane , 1982- Text theses Text Hochschulschrift 2011 2011 eng electronic resourceremoteComputermedienOnline-Ressourcetext/htmlapplication/pdfOnline-Ressource Ill., graph. Darst. Users can be overwhelmed by the abundance of functionality that smart ad-hoc environments offer. This thesis investigates how to assist the user in controlling such environments. We present an approach that enables the devices in an ad-hoc environment to cooperatively generate and execute an action sequence to fulfill the user's goals. Device cooperation happens spontaneously and in a completely distributed fashion. In a quantitative user study, we show that users accept the assistance such a system provides even if it is suboptimal. submitted by Christiane Plociennik Rostock, Univ., Fak. für Informatik und Elektrotechnik, Diss., 2011 004 54.59 54.08 54.72 http://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2011-0161-5 http://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2011-0161-5&pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2011-0161-5 Device cooperation in ad-hoc multimedia ensembles--(DE-627)672971186 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2011-0161-5 oclc: 838837147 ppn: (DE-627)683995006