Browsing by Author "Tan, Kay C."

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    Development and Testing of an Evaluation Procedure for User InterfaceManagement (UIMS)
    Hix, Deborah; Tan, Kay C.; Schulman, Robert S. (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1989)
    A user interface management system or UIMS is an interactive system for supporting the design, production, and execution of human-computer interfaces. This paper reports on the development and empirical testing of an evaluation procedure to produce quantifiable criteria for evaluating and comparing UIMS. The form-based evaluation procedure results in quantitative ratings along two dimensions: functionality and usability. Specification/implementation techniques used by a UIMS are also quantitatively rated. An empirical study has indicated that the procedure produces reliable, useful results.
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    An Evaluation Procedure for Human-Computer Interface Development Tools
    Hix, Deborah; Tan, Kay C. (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1988)
    Human-computer interface development tools--often called user interface management systems or UIMS--are interactive systems that support production and execution of the human-computer interface. Despite their proliferation, no method exists for their systematic evaluation or comparison. We have developed an evaluation procedure that uses a standardized technique to produce quantifiable criteria for evaluating and comparing human-computer interface development tools. The procedure produces ratings along two dimensions: functionality and usability. Specification/implementation techniques used by the tool are also quantitatively rated. An empirical study indicates that the procedure produces reliable results. The procedure is already being used in one commercial environment.