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Comprehensive task and dialog modelling

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Víctor López-Jaquero,

Francisco MonteroAuthors Info & Claims

HCI'07: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction design and usability

Pages 1149 - 1158

Published: 22 July 2007 Publication History

Abstract

Task modelling has proven useful as a basis for user interfaces (IU) design. Although different models have been pushed ConcurTaskTrees (CTT) notation has become without any doubt the most extended notation for task model specification. However, this notation suffers from a lack of modularity, making the creation and modification of real-world applications a cumbersome process. In this paper a notation that takes inspiration from CTT is described that allows for the specification of the tasks the user is supposed to perform through the user interface and the dialog between the user and the user interface in an intuitive manner. Furthermore, the notation makes use of an abstract operation set to help in the automatic or semi-automatic generation of a user interface that conforms with the specified model.

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HCI'07: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction design and usability

July 2007

1239 pages

ISBN:9783540731047

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Julie A. Jacko
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

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