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Tool-based gradual User Modeling for Usability Engineering

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ECCE '15: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2015

Article No.: 11, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/2788412.2788423

Published: 01 July 2015 Publication History

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This contribution illustrates how software developers can be supported systematically in user analysis and user centered design. Particularly it has been explored how user models can be integrated in the entire development process in a reasonable and gainful manner. For this purpose, a module for user analysis within the Usability-Engineering-Repository (UsER) is presented. The system is based on an innovative concept of gradual user modeling with several levels of abstraction that is guiding and simplifying the process of practical user modeling. The design of the module was validated with the aid of formative expert evaluation and the realized application was evaluated summatively.

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Hüttig AHerczeg M(2016)Seamless User Analysis with Integrated User Models in a Usability Engineering RepositoryAdvances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_10(103-113)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_10
Hüttig AHerczeg M(2016)Tool-Supported Usability Engineering for Continuous User AnalysisProceedings, Part I, of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Design, Development and Practice - Volume 973110.1007/978-3-319-39510-4_28(302-312)Online publication date: 17-Jul-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-39510-4_28

Index Terms

Tool-based gradual User Modeling for Usability Engineering
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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ECCE '15: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2015

July 2015

185 pages

ISBN:9781450336123

DOI:10.1145/2788412

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University of Rostock, Germany
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PJAIT, Warsaw and Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
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Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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PJAIT, Warsaw, Poland

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IDF: The Interaction Design Foundation

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Hüttig AHerczeg M(2016)Seamless User Analysis with Integrated User Models in a Usability Engineering RepositoryAdvances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_10(103-113)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_10
Hüttig AHerczeg M(2016)Tool-Supported Usability Engineering for Continuous User AnalysisProceedings, Part I, of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Design, Development and Practice - Volume 973110.1007/978-3-319-39510-4_28(302-312)Online publication date: 17-Jul-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-39510-4_28

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