Mental Models and Software Human Factors: An Overview.

Abstract

Mental models are structures and processes imputed to a person's mind in order to account for that person's behavior and experience. Ideally speaking, a mental model is a theory that could give answers to questions like 'What does he know about the CHAR DEL key? 'What happens when she thinks about deleting a message?', or 'Why did he split the line to insert text, instead of just inserting?' The development of mental model theories is a major thrust of current software human factors research and as such is likely to be a future driving force in software design.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA150606

Entities

People

  • J. M. Carroll

Organizations

  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Model Theory
  • Models
  • Software Design

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
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