Studies have established that computer user interface (UI) design is a primary contributor to people's experiences with modern technology;however, current UI development remains more art than quantifiable science....
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(纸本)9781424427932
Studies have established that computer user interface (UI) design is a primary contributor to people's experiences with modern technology;however, current UI development remains more art than quantifiable science. In this paper, we study the use of search algorithms to predict optimal display layouts early in system design. This has the potential to greatly reduce the cost and improve the quality of UI development. Specifically, we demonstrate a hybrid genetic algorithm and pattern search optimization process that makes use of human performance modeling to quantify known design principles. We show how this approach can be tailored by capturing contextual factors in order to properly seed and tune the genetic algorithm. Finally, we demonstrate the ability of this process to discover superior layouts as compared to manual qualitative methods.
This paper argues that it is important to study non-instrumental uses of ICT, including computer games. Specifically, the article presents the results of qualitative and quantitative work spanning eight years of inves...
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(纸本)9781424446636
This paper argues that it is important to study non-instrumental uses of ICT, including computer games. Specifically, the article presents the results of qualitative and quantitative work spanning eight years of investigation in Central Asia focused on computer gaming in public Internet cafes as well as private spaces. The results presented demonstrate that people do indeed play games in resource constrained environments. The paper demonstrates that games constitute a significant portion of the ICT ecology in developing regions and provide a pathway to people's "first touch" of a computer, that garners have more frequent interaction with technology than basic Internet users, that games bring more diverse users to computers by providing a pathway to ICT use for people with lower levels of education, and that games can motivate innovation in the technology space. Additionally, our findings indicate that both genders engage in game playing. The article makes the case that games can be a source of informal learning about ICT, and as such, games and gaming culture in the developing world merit further study.
Object-oriented framework is increasingly recognized as an efficient reuse mechanism in software development, but it is still difficult to design for framework designer and instantiate for application developer. This ...
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The project team apply the design software on virtual instrument terrace to develop the testing equipment and host computer software possessing general function. In the application instance, making the water resource ...
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(纸本)9780769538198
The project team apply the design software on virtual instrument terrace to develop the testing equipment and host computer software possessing general function. In the application instance, making the water resource heat pump machine set as the testing object The testing equipment and host computer software cover the physical quantity and parameter required to be tested during the testing procedure. Achieve the signal acquisition, analysis of data and processing through the effective combination of various components. Attaching the general testing equipment and the hardware equipment and debugging the software and hardware system to examine the over-all property of package unit by the project finally. Analyze the testing results and compare with the supplied data, definite the problem required attention during the design of host computer software of general testing equipment on energy supply system of building, basing on the above-mentioned.
On the basis of researching SOA and SVG technologies, this proposed an approach and strategy to build the LBS service system based on the SVG service components, which is used to the actual system design. Enhanced sys...
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In this paper an universal architecture for test systems is presented, which can be used as basis for systematization of today's existing test tools during all stages of the development process in mechatronics. Th...
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(纸本)9781424435067
In this paper an universal architecture for test systems is presented, which can be used as basis for systematization of today's existing test tools during all stages of the development process in mechatronics. The defined architecture improves the general partition of a test system with five functional levels and enables to assign the tasks of a test system to these levels. The universal test system architecture facilitates two main aims: (1) optimization of the application of test tools and tool chains and (2) assistance during the development of a new test system.
The aim of this paper is to present preliminary results of a research concerning the use of public access to information and communication technology (ICT) in Brazil. Based on a survey conducted in 2007 in three Brazi...
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E-health is an important support technology in healthcare with considerable aspirations, but one which bypasses the normal requirement to prove a system's effectiveness or safety. There is therefore an ethical dut...
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In software engineering, formal software specification has long been touted as a way to increase the quality and reliability of software. At the same time, component-based development (CBD) is an important emerging to...
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Problem of belief revision and specification evolution has been studied for years. Researchers have proposed ACM theory and R-calculus to solve the problem. This paper concerns with the revision of proposition logic a...
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