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International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems

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Using Cognitive Modelling Simulations for User Interface Design Decisions

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This paper argues for the relevance of cognitive modelling and cognitive architectures to support user interface design decisions. From a human-computer interaction point of view, cognitive modelling can have benefits both for theory and model building, and for the design and evaluation of systems usability. Cognitive modelling research applied to human-computer interaction has two complimentary objectives: 1) to develop theories and computational models of human interactive behaviour with information technologies, and 2) to use the computational models as building blocks for the design, implementation, and evaluation of interactive technologies. As an example of application of cognitive modelling to technology design, the paper presents a simulation of interactive behaviour with five different adaptive menu algorithms: random, fixed, stacked, frequency based, and activation based. Results of the simulation indicate that fixed menu positions have an advantage over adaptive menus in taking advantage of the capability of human memory in human-computer systems.

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  1. Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Building M-50, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0R6

    Bruno Emond

  2. Department of Psychology, and Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6

    Robert L. West

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  1. Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Read, M-50, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Bob Orchard

  2. Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council, Canada

    Chunsheng Yang

  3. Department of Computer Science, Texas State University-San Marcos, Nueces 247, 601 University Drive, TX 78666-4616, San Marcos, USA

    Moonis Ali

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Emond, B., West, R.L. (2004). Using Cognitive Modelling Simulations for User Interface Design Decisions. In: Orchard, B., Yang, C., Ali, M. (eds) Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence. IEA/AIE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3029. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24677-0_32

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