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A Proposal to Improve the Usability of Applications for Users with Autism Considering Emotional Aspects

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Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2018 (KES-AMSTA-18 2018)

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Emotions are an essential part of the functioning of a person needed for him to adapt to the environment and its changing conditions. Because of significant deficits in certain aspects of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it is necessary the development of new methodologies in order to treat the symptoms with software systems. In this article we present a proposal of a methodology for the development of software applications used for the teaching and recognition of emotions to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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  1. Department and Computer Systems, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Calzada Technological s/n Unit Tomas Aquino, Tijuana, Mexico

    Arnulfo Alanís Garza, Bogart Yail, Sergio Magdaleno & Eugenia Bermudez

  2. Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional Tijuana, 22390, Tijuana, B.C, Mexico

    Ángeles Quezada & Reyes Juarez-Ramirez

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  1. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Croatia

    Gordan Jezic

  2. The Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Yun-Heh Jessica Chen-Burger

  3. Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom

    Robert J. Howlett

  4. Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

  5. Griffith Sciences - Centres and Institutes, Griffith University, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Ljubo Vlacic

  6. Department of Business Economics and Management and Silesian University in Opava, School of Business Administration in Karvina, Karvina, Czech Republic

    Roman Šperka

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Quezada, Á., Juarez-Ramirez, R., Garza, A.A., Yail, B., Magdaleno, S., Bermudez, E. (2019). A Proposal to Improve the Usability of Applications for Users with Autism Considering Emotional Aspects. In: Jezic, G., Chen-Burger, YH., Howlett, R., Jain, L., Vlacic, L., Šperka, R. (eds) Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2018. KES-AMSTA-18 2018. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 96. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92031-3_25

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