Towards Smart User Models for Open Environments
... Information Technology in recent years has moved rapidly from single use, centralized systems to distributed, multi purpose systems which are now increasingly embedded in a fully interconnected world. Advances in both development and deployment are being made through machine readable content (Semant ...
... Information Technology in recent years has moved rapidly from single use, centralized systems to distributed, multi purpose systems which are now increasingly embedded in a fully interconnected world. Advances in both development and deployment are being made through machine readable content (Semant ...
Out of Context - Media Lab Login
... Mathematical functions derive their power precisely from the fact that they ignore context, so they are assumed to work correctly in all possible contexts. Context-free grammars, for example, are simpler than context-sensitive grammars and so are preferable if they can be used to describe a language ...
... Mathematical functions derive their power precisely from the fact that they ignore context, so they are assumed to work correctly in all possible contexts. Context-free grammars, for example, are simpler than context-sensitive grammars and so are preferable if they can be used to describe a language ...
Individualised interaction with users
... User models are important because they represent information about the user so that a system can operate more effectively. User modelling has been studied in many different communities such as: knowledge representation; planning; natural language understanding and generation; intelligent teaching sy ...
... User models are important because they represent information about the user so that a system can operate more effectively. User modelling has been studied in many different communities such as: knowledge representation; planning; natural language understanding and generation; intelligent teaching sy ...
What Is AJAX?
... AJAX applications can benefit both the user and the developer. Web applications can respond much more quickly to many types of user interaction and avoid repeatedly sending unchanged information across the network. Also, because AJAX technologies are open, they are supported in all JavaScript-enable ...
... AJAX applications can benefit both the user and the developer. Web applications can respond much more quickly to many types of user interaction and avoid repeatedly sending unchanged information across the network. Also, because AJAX technologies are open, they are supported in all JavaScript-enable ...
User Models, Intelligent Interface Agents and Expert Systems
... probability (i.e., 0.50). However, a user’s user class information learning nodes will contain probabilities of his class. Therefore, the user class helps bias the agent initially towards this class. As the user uses PESKI, his preferences are captured appropriately in the individual user interface ...
... probability (i.e., 0.50). However, a user’s user class information learning nodes will contain probabilities of his class. Therefore, the user class helps bias the agent initially towards this class. As the user uses PESKI, his preferences are captured appropriately in the individual user interface ...
DiamondHelp: A Generic Collaborative Task Guidance System
... and so on. In practice, however, most interfaces of any complexity also include an ad hoc and bewildering collection of other mechanisms, such as tool bars, pop-up windows, menus, command lines, and so on. To make matters worse, once one goes beyond the most basic functions (such as open, save, and ...
... and so on. In practice, however, most interfaces of any complexity also include an ad hoc and bewildering collection of other mechanisms, such as tool bars, pop-up windows, menus, command lines, and so on. To make matters worse, once one goes beyond the most basic functions (such as open, save, and ...
analysis of web-based applications for expert system
... monitoring and control. There are few research have been done in this area. Consulting companies that do an audit of Information Security always meets problem with high rotation of employers. Expert systems that will be enrolled to auditing process will help to solve this problem. In addition they w ...
... monitoring and control. There are few research have been done in this area. Consulting companies that do an audit of Information Security always meets problem with high rotation of employers. Expert systems that will be enrolled to auditing process will help to solve this problem. In addition they w ...
Presentation
... membership functions to data layers. The Fuzzy GIS model (Smart Earth) described here, takes a different approach, compensating for data gaps by incorporating, or codifying, expert knowledge. ...
... membership functions to data layers. The Fuzzy GIS model (Smart Earth) described here, takes a different approach, compensating for data gaps by incorporating, or codifying, expert knowledge. ...
Intelligent User Interfaces for Ubiquitous Computing
... User interfaces for computational devices can be challenging for both their users and their designers. Even such simple things as VCRs or TV sets feature interfaces that many people find too difficult to understand. Reviews and tests of consumer electronic devices very often rank bad usability even ...
... User interfaces for computational devices can be challenging for both their users and their designers. Even such simple things as VCRs or TV sets feature interfaces that many people find too difficult to understand. Reviews and tests of consumer electronic devices very often rank bad usability even ...
Decision-Theoretic Planning for Intelligent User Interfaces
... cannot in general be predicted with certainty. An interface that is able to anticipate the user’s actions several steps ahead can better adapt to the situation at hand, steer the interaction in a promising direction, and protect the user from possible pitfalls. Decision-theoretic planning (DTP) (see ...
... cannot in general be predicted with certainty. An interface that is able to anticipate the user’s actions several steps ahead can better adapt to the situation at hand, steer the interaction in a promising direction, and protect the user from possible pitfalls. Decision-theoretic planning (DTP) (see ...
Designing CIspace: Pedagogy and Usability in a
... A user can manually advance through an algorithm at a fine or coarse scale to analyze visualization state changes at every step. In some cases the effects of a step are also reinforced explicitly in text form (see panel below graph in Figure 1). Users can also run the entire algorithm at once at the ...
... A user can manually advance through an algorithm at a fine or coarse scale to analyze visualization state changes at every step. In some cases the effects of a step are also reinforced explicitly in text form (see panel below graph in Figure 1). Users can also run the entire algorithm at once at the ...
The Recognition and Use of Verbal Humour by Children with
... automatically generates punning riddles: humorous texts in a question and answer form, where the humour arises from some form of linguistic similarity within the text; for example: "What do you call a murderer with fibre? A cereal killer." JAPE demonstrated the feasibility of automatic generation of ...
... automatically generates punning riddles: humorous texts in a question and answer form, where the humour arises from some form of linguistic similarity within the text; for example: "What do you call a murderer with fibre? A cereal killer." JAPE demonstrated the feasibility of automatic generation of ...
Chapter 4 Product Design
... Create graphical interfaces whenever possible Allow actions to be activated quickly ...
... Create graphical interfaces whenever possible Allow actions to be activated quickly ...
Usable Intelligent Interactive Systems
... movies to see, and find the perfect gift [6]. Reasoning systems are employed to analyze the stock market, detect SPAM email, and pick winning race horses [9]. Sophisticated tools allow users to automate their workflow without writing a line of code [7]. Assistive agents help the elderly manage their ...
... movies to see, and find the perfect gift [6]. Reasoning systems are employed to analyze the stock market, detect SPAM email, and pick winning race horses [9]. Sophisticated tools allow users to automate their workflow without writing a line of code [7]. Assistive agents help the elderly manage their ...
Reflections on Brian Shackels Usability
... There has been much work to assess the power of such approaches to reduce software defects (Williams et al., 2003). Test-first approaches were also shown to improve the effectiveness of students (Erdogmus, 2005) in terms of productivity and quality. But the picture is not simple. For example, it ma ...
... There has been much work to assess the power of such approaches to reduce software defects (Williams et al., 2003). Test-first approaches were also shown to improve the effectiveness of students (Erdogmus, 2005) in terms of productivity and quality. But the picture is not simple. For example, it ma ...
AutomatedToolforEvaluatingProductUsability - UD E
... with a product and the differences between potential user groups. This helps designers to improve the functionality of products and estimate how a new product compares to those that already exist. An automated evaluation tool could enable designers to process the analysis of user evaluations much mo ...
... with a product and the differences between potential user groups. This helps designers to improve the functionality of products and estimate how a new product compares to those that already exist. An automated evaluation tool could enable designers to process the analysis of user evaluations much mo ...
What in the World?
... Research methodology • Evaluation • Experimental design Observation and analysis of user behavior to achieve a goal (Dumas & Reddish, 1993, p.22) “User-centered design” process involving user from initial design to product upgrade (Norlin & Winters, 2002) Approach is to be a servant to the u ...
... Research methodology • Evaluation • Experimental design Observation and analysis of user behavior to achieve a goal (Dumas & Reddish, 1993, p.22) “User-centered design” process involving user from initial design to product upgrade (Norlin & Winters, 2002) Approach is to be a servant to the u ...