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Usability Tests Supporting the Design of Ergonomic Graphical User Interface in Decision-Support Systems for Criminal Analysis

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Man–Machine Interactions 4

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Abstract

Usability, defined as a measure of the ease with which a system can be learned or used, is an important aspect of developing modern applications. It is crucial not only in common-use solutions such as mobile or web applications, but also in sophisticated software dedicated to specialists. Tools supporting criminal analysis are a good example of such software. The aim of the paper is to show how usability tests can influence the process of development of a specialized software. To achieve the goal the paper presents tests of a sample graph editor for link analysis provided by LINK platform—an environment supporting criminal analysis developed at AGH-UST in Kraków. The methodology of usability tests together with results and summary about modifications in user interface are presented in corresponding chapters. Than, conclusions about influence of usability tests on development process are drawn.

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    One can notice that the above software provides much more functionalities, but the intention of authors is not to do deep overview of such tools but only to outline criminal analysis and software that is usually used in this domain

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Acknowledgments

The research reported in the paper was partially supported by grants “Advanced IT techniques supporting data processing in criminal analysis” (No. 0008/R/ID1/2011/01) and “Information management and decision support system for the Government Protection Bureau” (No. DOBR-BIO4/060/13423/2013) from the Polish National Centre for Research and Development.

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    Aleksandra Sadowska & Kamil Piętak

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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  2. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Agnieszka Brachman

  3. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Stanisław Kozielski

  4. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Tadeusz Czachórski

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Sadowska, A., Piętak, K. (2016). Usability Tests Supporting the Design of Ergonomic Graphical User Interface in Decision-Support Systems for Criminal Analysis. In: Gruca, A., Brachman, A., Kozielski, S., Czachórski, T. (eds) Man–Machine Interactions 4. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 391. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23437-3_10

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