Cognitive Systems Engineering for User-Computer Interface Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation: Interface Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation

Adelman, Leonard; Andriole, Stephen

ISBN 10: 080581244X / ISBN 13: 9780805812442

Published by Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cognitive Systems Engineering for User-Computer Interface Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation: Interface Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation
• Publisher: Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080581244X
• ISBN 13: 9780805812442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

This volume seeks to answer the question: "Can findings from cognitive science enhance the user-computer interaction process?" In so doing, it recognizes that user-computer interfaces (UCIs) are often essential parts of an information or decision support system -- and often critical components of software-intensive systems of all kinds. From the outset, the authors note that the design, prototyping, and evaluation of user-computer interfaces are part of larger systems and are therefore ideally designed, developed, and evaluated as part of a larger design and developmental process or "life cycle."

Thus, this book describes the process by which functional, nonfunctional, or display-oriented requirements are converted first into prototypes and then into working systems. While the process may at times seem almost mysterious, there is in fact a methodology that drives the process -- a methodology that is defined in terms of an adaptive life cycle. There are a number of steps or phases that comprise the standard life cycle, as well as methods, tools and techniques that permit each step to be taken. Describing the effort to implement this process to enhance user-computer interaction, this book presents a methodological approach that seeks to identify and apply findings from cognitive science to the design, prototyping, and evaluation of user-computer interfaces.

About the Author

Andriole\, Stephen J.; Adelman\, Leonard