{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4409663801","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3731450","title":"Programming of Automation Configuration in Smart Home Systems: Challenges and Opportunities","display_name":"Programming of Automation Configuration in Smart Home Systems: Challenges and Opportunities","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-04-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4409663801","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3731450"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3731450","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3731450","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S142627899","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","issn_l":"1049-331X","issn":["1049-331X","1557-7392"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/10919/136951","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007338577","display_name":"Sheik Murad Hassan Anik","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-871X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","display_name":"Virginia Tech","ror":"https://ror.org/02smfhw86","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I902671590","display_name":"Auburn University at Montgomery","ror":"https://ror.org/05eynd241","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I902671590"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sheik Murad Hassan Anik","raw_affiliation_strings":["Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA and Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA","Virginia Tech, United States and Auburn University at Montgomery, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-871X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA and Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I902671590"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Tech, United States and Auburn University at Montgomery, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795","https://openalex.org/I902671590"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026558346","display_name":"Xinghua Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3531-8137"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","display_name":"Virginia Tech","ror":"https://ror.org/02smfhw86","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xinghua Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA","Virginia Tech, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3531-8137","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Tech, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002503342","display_name":"Hao Zhong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-9183"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183067930","display_name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University","ror":"https://ror.org/0220qvk04","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hao Zhong","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China","Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-9183","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101558050","display_name":"Xiaoyin Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-5534"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45438204","display_name":"The University of Texas at San Antonio","ror":"https://ror.org/01kd65564","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45438204"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xiaoyin Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA","University of Texas at San Antonio, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-5534","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45438204"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Texas at San Antonio, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45438204"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070152860","display_name":"Na Meng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-5524"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","display_name":"Virginia Tech","ror":"https://ror.org/02smfhw86","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Na Meng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA","Virginia Tech, United States"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-5524","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Virginia Tech, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.057,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96370823,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"35","issue":"2","first_page":"1","last_page":"25"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13197","display_name":"Spreadsheets and End-User Computing","score":0.9745000004768372,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13197","display_name":"Spreadsheets and End-User Computing","score":0.9745000004768372,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10933","display_name":"Real-Time Systems Scheduling","score":0.9714999794960022,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10444","display_name":"Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems","score":0.970300018787384,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7246549129486084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/home-automation","display_name":"Home automation","score":0.5485599040985107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/automation","display_name":"Automation","score":0.5042380094528198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.4219188392162323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.37625712156295776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.19266316294670105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.12224909663200378}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7246549129486084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C507571656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848436","display_name":"Home automation","level":2,"score":0.5485599040985107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115901376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184199","display_name":"Automation","level":2,"score":0.5042380094528198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4219188392162323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.37625712156295776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.19266316294670105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.12224909663200378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3731450","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3731450","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S142627899","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","issn_l":"1049-331X","issn":["1049-331X","1557-7392"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/136951","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/10919/136951","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400248","display_name":"VTechWorks (Virginia Tech)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","host_organization_name":"Virginia Tech","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article - Refereed"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/136951","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/10919/136951","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400248","display_name":"VTechWorks (Virginia Tech)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I859038795","host_organization_name":"Virginia Tech","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I859038795"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article - Refereed"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":12,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2508433864","https://openalex.org/W2734941459","https://openalex.org/W2756579916","https://openalex.org/W2929305171","https://openalex.org/W2942483256","https://openalex.org/W2973466028","https://openalex.org/W3041309148","https://openalex.org/W3107210824","https://openalex.org/W3130494471","https://openalex.org/W3212033785","https://openalex.org/W4285586713","https://openalex.org/W4387869117"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"As":[0],"the":[1,36,44,66,80,133,171,202,208,236],"innovation":[2],"of":[3,29,43,82,86,120,145,157,235],"smart":[4,9,20,25,99,125,260],"devices":[5,64,83],"and":[6,68,84,108,161,174,214,238],"internet-of-things":[7],"(IoT),":[8],"homes":[10,21,59,100,126],"have":[11,91],"become":[12],"prevalent.":[13],"People":[14],"tend":[15],"to":[16,57,73,79,129,143,196,200],"transform":[17],"residences":[18],"into":[19,65],"by":[22,60,212],"customizing":[23],"off-the-shelf":[24],"home":[26,52,261],"platforms,":[27],"instead":[28],"creating":[30,94],"IoT":[31],"systems":[32],"from":[33],"scratch.":[34],"Among":[35,178],"alternatives,":[37],"Home":[38,136],"Assistant":[39,137],"(HA)":[40],"is":[41],"one":[42],"most":[45,233],"popular":[46],"platforms.":[47],"It":[48,241],"allows":[49],"programmers":[50,90,213],"(i.e.,":[51],"residents":[53],"or":[54],"smart-home":[55],"creators)":[56],"smartify":[58],"(S1)":[61],"integrating":[62],"selected":[63],"system":[67],"(S2)":[69],"programming":[70,144],"YAML-based":[71,121],"software":[72],"control":[74],"those":[75],"devices.":[76],"Unfortunately,":[77],"due":[78],"diversity":[81],"complexity":[85],"automatic":[87],"configurations,":[88],"many":[89],"difficulty":[92],"correctly":[93],"YAML":[95,198],"files.":[96],"Consequently,":[97],"their":[98],"may":[101],"not":[102],"work":[103],"as":[104],"expected,":[105],"causing":[106],"frustration":[107],"concern":[109],"in":[110,124,249,259],"people.":[111],"This":[112],"article":[113],"presents":[114],"a":[115],"novel":[116],"study":[117,206],"on":[118,170,186,256],"issues":[119,224,237],"automation":[122,146,250],"configuration":[123],"(issues":[127],"related":[128,142],"S2).":[130],"We":[131],"mined":[132],"online":[134],"forum":[135],"Community":[138],"for":[139],"discussion":[140],"threads":[141],"configuration.":[147,251],"By":[148],"manually":[149],"inspecting":[150],"190":[151],"threads,":[152],"we":[153,166,181,190],"revealed":[154],"3":[155],"categories":[156],"concerns:":[158],"implementation,":[159],"optimization,":[160],"debugging.":[162],"Under":[163],"each":[164],"category,":[165],"classified":[167,183],"discussions":[168,184],"based":[169,185],"issue":[172],"locations":[173],"technical":[175],"concepts":[176],"involved.":[177],"debugging":[179],"discussions,":[180],"further":[182],"users\u2019":[187],"resolution":[188,217],"strategies;":[189],"also":[191],"applied":[192,216],"existing":[193,228,244],"analysis":[194],"tools":[195,229,245],"buggy":[197],"files,":[199],"assess":[201],"tool":[203],"effectiveness.":[204],"Our":[205,252],"reveals":[207],"common":[209],"challenges":[210],"faced":[211],"frequently":[215],"strategies.":[218],"There":[219],"are":[220],"129":[221],"(68%)":[222],"examined":[223],"concerning":[225],"debugging,":[226],"but":[227],"can":[230],"detect":[231],"at":[232],"14":[234],"fix":[239],"none.":[240],"implies":[242],"that":[243],"provide":[246],"limited":[247],"assistance":[248],"research":[253],"sheds":[254],"light":[255],"future":[257],"directions":[258],"programming.":[262]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-07-22T07:51:19.307946","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}