eFRIEND: an ethical framework for intelligent environments development

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-25

  Jones, Simon ^a   Hara, Sukhvinder ^a   Augusto, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical principles; Frameworks; Intelligent environments; Multi user systems; User centred

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES; FRAMEWORKS; INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENT; MULTIUSER SYSTEM; USER-CENTRED;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 84925485810     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-014-9358-1     Document Type: Article

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