عنوان

Model-Based Design and Evaluation of Interactive Applications

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1447104455

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1852331550

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9781447104452

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9781852331559

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b544227

Title Proper

Model-Based Design and Evaluation of Interactive Applications

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Fabio Paternò.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer London

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2000

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Series Title

Applied Computing

Text of Note

1. Introduction: Why Model-Based Design and Evaluation of Interactive Applications? Basic Concepts. Structure of the book and intended audience. Other sources of information.- 2. Model-Based Approaches: Task-Oriented Approaches. GOMS. The cycle of Norman. Task Analysis methods UAN. Petri Nets. UML. Exercises.- 3. Task Elicitation: Scenarios. Use Cases. Task Analysis. Support for task identification in informal scenarios. Task and errors. Exercises.- 4. The ConcurTaskTrees Notation: Introduction to ConcurTaskTrees. Task Allocation. Temporal Relationships. Task Types. Additional Information Associated with Tasks. Structuring the Task Model. Example of ConcurTaskTrees Specification. Tool Support. Task Models for Co-operative Applications. Exercises.- 5. Task-Based Design: Approaches to Designing Presentations. Criteria for Designing User Interfaces. Criteria to Group Tasks to be Supported by the Same Presentation. Designing User Interfaces with the Support of the Task Model. An Example. Tasks for Accessing Databases. Task-Oriented Help. Adaptability. Adaptivity. Concluding Remarks. Exercises.- 6. Architectural Models of Interactive Applications: Software Architectures for User Interfaces. The Interactor Model. Composition Operators for Interactors. From the Task Model to the User Interface Architecture Model. The Transformation Algorithm. Creations of Connections among Interactors to Support the Information Flow. Example of Application of the Transformation. Exercises.- 7. Patterns in Interactive Applications: Introduction. Patterns. How to Represent a Task Pattern. An Example of Task Pattern. Architectural Patterns. An Example of Architectural Pattern. Relationships between Tasks and Architectural Patterns. Tool Support for Patterns. Comments on Patterns. Exercises.- 8. Usability Evaluation: Criteria for User Interface Evaluation. Introduction to Approaches to Usability Evaluation. Examples of Methods for Usability Evaluation. Remote Usability Evaluation. The RemUsine Method. Evaluation of RemUsine. Exercises.- 9. Conclusions: Summarising the Results described. Suggestions for Open Areas of Interest. References. Index.

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by Fabio Paternò.

Fabio Paternò

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