diff --git a/paper.tex b/paper.tex index a30a91c..f40f8bd 100644 --- a/paper.tex +++ b/paper.tex @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Apps} \else \fi +\toappear{} + \begin{document} \ifdefined\isblue diff --git a/usage.tex b/usage.tex index bd048a0..d82a547 100644 --- a/usage.tex +++ b/usage.tex @@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ problem: what is the value of an app? All smartphone users intuitively realize that smartphone apps differ in value---an email client, for example, is probably more valuable than a app that makes farting sounds. But is it possible to quantify these subjective -distinctions and produce a value measure? - -To argue that this is possible we present two experiments that elucidate -smartphone app value in the form of both ordinal and cardinal utilities, -respectively: +distinctions and produce a value measure? To argue that this is possible we +present two experiments that elucidate smartphone app value in the form of +both ordinal and cardinal utilities: % \begin{enumerate} @@ -72,12 +70,12 @@ videoconferencing app is not. Ultimately, all the energy consumption comparison truly reveals is that the two apps do different things---which we already knew. -Using energy consumption alone even makes apples-to-apples comparison of the same app -difficult. Given an app that consumes twice as much energy on Alice's -smartphone than on Bob's, the question of why is left unanswered by pure -energy measures. Even if usage time can be used to normalize the comparison -to the power consumed, power consumption alone cannot incorporate differences -due to the different app features or configurations used by Alice and Bob. +Using energy consumption alone even makes apples-to-apples comparison of the +same app difficult. Given an app that consumes twice as much energy on +Alice's smartphone than on Bob's, the question of why is left unanswered by +pure energy measures. Even if usage time can be used to normalize the +comparison, power consumption alone cannot incorporate differences due to the +different app features or configurations used by Alice and Bob. By computing value and, thus, energy efficiency, we can overcome these weaknesses. A value measure should allow us to compare the efficiency of two