DEVELOPING ARGUMENT ASSISTANT SYSTEMS FROM A USABILITY VIEWPOINT

María Paula González, Carlos Iván Chesñevar, Niels Pinkwart, Mauro J. Gómez Lucero

2010

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of usability as a quality key attribute for the deployment of Argument Assistant Systems, which are software tools intended to provide effective knowledge management facilities when solving problems in different contexts, helping to identify, create, represent and analyze the arguments involved as well as their interrelationships. Based on a reverse engineering process, a set of usability-oriented Design Guidelines were identified and instantiated for the Argument Assistant System domain. Besides, some usability principles are proposed and linked to every suggested guideline to evaluate its quality in use.

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Paula González M., Iván Chesñevar C., Pinkwart N. and J. Gómez Lucero M. (2010). DEVELOPING ARGUMENT ASSISTANT SYSTEMS FROM A USABILITY VIEWPOINT . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-30-0, pages 157-163. DOI: 10.5220/0003066801570163


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@conference{kmis10,
author={María Paula González and Carlos Iván Chesñevar and Niels Pinkwart and Mauro J. Gómez Lucero},
title={DEVELOPING ARGUMENT ASSISTANT SYSTEMS FROM A USABILITY VIEWPOINT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={157-163},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003066801570163},
isbn={978-989-8425-30-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing - Volume 1: KMIS, (IC3K 2010)
TI - DEVELOPING ARGUMENT ASSISTANT SYSTEMS FROM A USABILITY VIEWPOINT
SN - 978-989-8425-30-0
AU - Paula González M.
AU - Iván Chesñevar C.
AU - Pinkwart N.
AU - J. Gómez Lucero M.
PY - 2010
SP - 157
EP - 163
DO - 10.5220/0003066801570163