Theories, Methods, and Tools for the Design of User-Centered Computer Systems.

Abstract

The goal of this research at the general level is to develop theories, methods, and tools for the design of user-centered computer systems, and at the specific level to design, implement, and evaluate a customizable Personalized Intelligent Retrieval system. Our research is based on the basic hypothesis that the following duality exists: (1) user-centered system design cannot be done and understood without trying to test existing ones, extending existing ones, and designing new ones, and (2) user-centered system design cannot be understood by just doing it. The system building efforts must be based on a deep understanding of the theoretical and methodological issues behind them, derived primarily from cognitive science, and, as far as evaluation is concerned, from human factors/cognitive ergonomics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA305244

Entities

People

  • Evelyn Fersti
  • Gerhard Fischer
  • Peter Foltz
  • Scott Henninger
  • Walter Kintsch

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Electronic Mail
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Psychology
  • User Interface
  • User Interface Engineering

Readers

  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.