The Target Users. The target users of this system are the
non-expert people who have no background in creating applications
for mobile platforms. In analogy to MDA, these
are the PIM analysts who knows the functionality and requirements
of a target application that they want to run on
mobile devices. The challenge is how to provide support to
the non-expert users such that it is easy for them to model
the application that they want without having knowledge in
programming. In these cases, the modeler is actually also
the end-user who will be using the application for his/her
needs. Examples of such non-expert users are researchers
who needs mobile applications that they will use for their
research studies on the field. These applications are very
specialized that it is difficult for them to find a generic application.
What happens usually is that they hire some programmers,
tell the programmers what they need and the programmers
create the applications for them. One example
research project which does this is the Worldwide experimental
Platform (WeP7) project from the LMU Institute of
Medical Psychology. TheWeP aims to utilize the Internet in
order to conduct studies in the fields of medicine, epidemiology
and genetics [4]. One of their researches involves
an application8 that runs on a personal digital assistant that
executes psychophysical tests, psychomotor vigilance tests
and other types of tests in order to get information from
test subjects. These types of applications are so specialized
that they have to let some programmer create the mobile
application for them which would run on that specific
device. If we apply MDD to the creation of mobile applications,
these medical researchers would just have to model
what type of application they want and then let the modeling
application capable of code transformations create the mobile
application that would run on that device. Applications
such MATLAB9 and STELLA10 have been helping scientists
and researchers through the years, but with the advent
of mobile computing, these scientists needs to benefit from
the new technologies that would allow them to do their researches
and experiments on the go. And instead of relying
on programmers for creating these specialized applications,
it would be easier and at the same time cost-efficient for
them to create their own applications with the aid of these
modeling tools.
The Target Users. The target users of this system are thenon-expert people who have no background in creating applicationsfor mobile platforms. In analogy to MDA, theseare the PIM analysts who knows the functionality and requirementsof a target application that they want to run onmobile devices. The challenge is how to provide support tothe non-expert users such that it is easy for them to modelthe application that they want without having knowledge inprogramming. In these cases, the modeler is actually alsothe end-user who will be using the application for his/herneeds. Examples of such non-expert users are researcherswho needs mobile applications that they will use for theirresearch studies on the field. These applications are veryspecialized that it is difficult for them to find a generic application.What happens usually is that they hire some programmers,tell the programmers what they need and the programmerscreate the applications for them. One exampleresearch project which does this is the Worldwide experimentalPlatform (WeP7) project from the LMU Institute ofMedical Psychology. TheWeP aims to utilize the Internet inorder to conduct studies in the fields of medicine, epidemiologyand genetics [4]. One of their researches involvesan application8 that runs on a personal digital assistant thatexecutes psychophysical tests, psychomotor vigilance testsand other types of tests in order to get information fromtest subjects. These types of applications are so specializedthat they have to let some programmer create the mobileapplication for them which would run on that specificdevice. If we apply MDD to the creation of mobile applications,these medical researchers would just have to modelwhat type of application they want and then let the modelingapplication capable of code transformations create the mobileapplication that would run on that device. Applicationssuch MATLAB9 and STELLA10 have been helping scientistsand researchers through the years, but with the adventof mobile computing, these scientists needs to benefit fromthe new technologies that would allow them to do their researchesand experiments on the go. And instead of relyingon programmers for creating these specialized applications,it would be easier and at the same time cost-efficient forthem to create their own applications with the aid of thesemodeling tools.
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