MODELING THE TASK - Leveraging Knowledge-in-the-head at Design Time

George Christou, Robert J. K. Jacob, Pericles Leng Cheng

2006

Abstract

A key problem in Human Computer Interaction is the evaluation and comparison of tasks that are designed in different interaction styles. A closely related problem is how to create a model of the task that allows this comparison. This paper tries to tackle these two questions. It initially presents a structure (Specific User Knowledge Representation) that allows the creation of task models which allow direct comparisons between different interaction styles. The model allows the researcher or the designer to evaluate an interaction design very early in the design process.

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Christou G., J. K. Jacob R. and Leng Cheng P. (2006). MODELING THE TASK - Leveraging Knowledge-in-the-head at Design Time . In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-45-0, pages 131-134. DOI: 10.5220/0002492301310134


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@conference{iceis06,
author={George Christou and Robert J. K. Jacob and Pericles Leng Cheng},
title={MODELING THE TASK - Leveraging Knowledge-in-the-head at Design Time},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2006},
pages={131-134},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002492301310134},
isbn={978-972-8865-45-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - MODELING THE TASK - Leveraging Knowledge-in-the-head at Design Time
SN - 978-972-8865-45-0
AU - Christou G.
AU - J. K. Jacob R.
AU - Leng Cheng P.
PY - 2006
SP - 131
EP - 134
DO - 10.5220/0002492301310134