Users and Customizable Software: A Co-Adaptive Phenomenon
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............................................................................................... 10 Acknowledgments ................................................................................ 13 Chapter 1 : Introduction ......................................................................... 15 Co-adaptive Phenomena.................................................................. 16 What is customization?...................................................................... 18 The design of customizable software............................................. 20 The perceived value of customization............................................ 21 Why study customization? ............................................................ 23 Research strategy for studying customization ................................ 25 Glossary of terms.............................................................................. 27 Chapter 2 : Theoretical Framework ......................................................... 29 Competing research strategies.......................................................... 29 Structurational Model........................................................................ 31 Structurational analysis of co-adaptive phenomena............................. 33 Research strategy ............................................................................ 35 Chapter 3: Applying the Structurational Model ........................................ 37 What is the Information Lens?............................................................ 37
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تاریخ انتشار 1990