Assessing the Quality of User-interface Modeling Languages

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Morais ◽  
Alberto Rodrigues da Silva
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Modeling Languages ◽  
Interface Modeling

scholarly journals Development of the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire (TUQ)

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Parmanto ◽  
Allen Nelson Lewis, Jr. ◽  
Kristin M. Graham ◽  
Marnie H. Bertolet
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
Commercial Software ◽  
Telehealth Service ◽  
Computer Based

Current telehealth usability questionnaires are designed primarily for older technologies, where telehealth interaction is conducted over dedicated videoconferencing applications. However, telehealth services are increasingly conducted over computer-based systems that rely on commercial software and a user supplied computer interface. Therefore, a usability questionnaire that addresses the changes in telehealth service delivery and technology is needed.  The Telehealth Usability Questionnaire (TUQ) was developed to evaluate the usability of telehealth implementation and services.  This paper addresses: 1) the need for a new measure of telehealth usability, 2) the development of the TUQ, 3) intended uses for the TUQ, and 4) the reliability of the TUQ. Analyses indicate that the TUQ is a solid, robust, and versatile measure that can be used to measure the quality of the computer-based user interface and the quality of the telehealth interaction and services.    

scholarly journals Development and evaluation of an automated system for testing current meters

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezequiel Saretta ◽  
Antonio P. de Camargo ◽  
Tarlei A. Botrel ◽  
Marinaldo F. Pinto ◽  
Geancarlo T. Katsurayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Step Motor ◽  
Simple Task ◽  
Rivers And Streams

ABSTRACT Current meters are equipment widely used for estimating flow velocity in rivers and streams. Periodic calibrations of current meters are important to ensure the quality of measurements, but the required testing facilities are complex and only available in a few institutions. However, advances in electronics and automation may contribute to developing simple and reliable calibration systems. Thus, this study aimed to develop an automated system for testing current meters, which consisted of a trapezoidal channel, a step motor, a tow car and a management system, composed of a supervisory application and microprocessed modules to control the motor and the data acquisition. Evaluations of the displacement velocity showed that it matched the reference value up to 1.85 m s-1 for a vertical-axis current meter and 2.3 m s-1 for a horizontal-axis one. The developed system showed reliability during tests, for both current meter movement and data acquisition. The management of the system based on the developed modules and the supervisory application improved its user interface, turning all the procedure into a simple task.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun Smart Home System Menggunakan NodeMCU Esp8266 Berbasis Komunikasi Telegram Messenger

Techno Com ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peby Wahyu Purnawan ◽  
Yuni Rosita
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Client Server

Smart Home System bertujuan memaksimalkan pengawasan, pemantauan, keamanan dan sebagainya. sistem ini terintegrasi dari telekomunikasi dan sistem pengendali dari mikrokontroller, sehingga  tercipta Internet Of Things. Pada Penelitian ini dilakukan perancangan sistem Smart Home, dengan sistem client-server berbasis NodeMCU ESP8266 v3 dengan user interface Telegram Messenger yang melakukan komunikasi data melalui wireless. Tahapan perancangan terdiri dari perancangan server, interface, serta sistem kendali Smart Home nya. Hasil akhir pengujian tersebut dapat disimpulkan Aplikasi Telegram Messenger sangat cocok untuk pengontrol dan monitoring Smart Home  jarak jauh, berdasarkan Jarak yang diukur dari 1,7 km sampai 151 km area beda wilayah didapatkan delay rata-rata 20,66 detik, Pada pengujian kinerja Quality of Service dalam sistem komunikasi data ini, berdasarakan standarisasi paramater hasil pengujian bekerja dengan sangat baik. Pada  pengujian nilai RSSI indoor didapat bahwa  kekuatan  komunikasi  wireless  lebih  baik  dibanding outdoor, sehingga RSSI nya lebih kuat. Nilai RSSI  yang tertinggi berada pada -28 dBm dan yang terkecil pada -88 dBm. Berdasarkan pengujian terhadap obstacle, dengan karakteristik redaman yang berbeda - beda dari tiap obstacle nya menghasilkan pengaruh terhadap RSSI dari sinyal wirelessnya.  Obstacle RSSI terkuat dihasilkan oleh pintu kayu dengan nilai -33dbm dBm , serta RSSI terkecil pada obstacle 2 bangunan rumah dengan nilai -78 dBm.  

scholarly journals Adapting the unified software development process for user interface development

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeljko Obrenovic ◽  
Dusan Starcevic
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Multimodal Interfaces ◽  
Software Developers ◽  
Software Engineers ◽  
Unified Process ◽  
Uml Models ◽  
Computer Interaction

In this paper we describe how existing software developing processes, such as Rational Unified Process, can be adapted in order to allow disciplined and more efficient development of user interfaces. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate that standard modeling environments, based on the UML, can be adapted and efficiently used for user interfaces development. We have integrated the HCI knowledge into developing processes by semantically enriching the models created in each of the process activities of the process. By using UML, we can make easier use of HCI knowledge for ordinary software engineers who, usually, are not familiar with results of HCI researches, so these results can have broader and more practical effects. By providing a standard means for representing human computer interaction, we can seamlessly transfer UML models of multimodal interfaces between design and specialized analysis tools. Standardization provides a significant driving force for further progress because it codifies best practices enables and encourages reuse, and facilitates inter working between complementary tools. Proposed solutions can be valuable for software developers, who can improve quality of user interfaces and their communication with user interface designers, as well as for human computer interaction researchers, who can use standard methods to include their results into software developing processes.

Pitch strength and annoyance of acoustic analogs of flutter echo - a pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. 2145-2156
Author(s):  
Anne Balant ◽  
Heather Lai ◽  
Vayda M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Scaling Method ◽  
Short Pulses ◽  
Pulse Trains ◽  
Pitch Matching ◽  
Category Scaling

The impetus for this pilot study was the observation of flutter echoes on the aisle of a church with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. When source and receiver height were comparable, the flutter echoes consisted of a 39-msec repeating pattern of three short pulses that persisted for reverberation times of up to 5 sec. The disruptive quality of these echoes perceptually was striking. It was hypothesized that the perception of a sequence of rapidly alternating periodicity pitches might be the source of this disruptive quality. A pilot study was conducted to assess the perceived pitch, pitch strength, and annoyance of isochronous and anisochronous synthetic pulse trains involving up to three different inter-pulse intervals per pattern. Intervals of the anisochronous pulse trains were controlled to create harmonic and inharmonic relationships among the intervals, which ranged from 5-20 msec. Twelve adult college students participated in the study remotely via videoconferencing due to social distancing requirements. A modified category scaling method was used. Participants positioned a slider on a graphical user interface to reflect their ratings of pitch strength and annoyance and used a slider to adjust the frequency of a reference tone for pitch matching. Results and implications for further research will be presented.

On quality assessment of electronic training course interfaces

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
T. B. Larina
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Software Products ◽  
E Learning

The development of e-learning, both in distance and mixed forms, becomes especially relevant in the modern educational process. A high-quality e-learning course is developed through the efforts of two parties: the teacher, who creates the methodological content, and the programmer, who creates the electronic shell of the course. The article substantiates the importance of quality issues in the development of a user interface for electronic educational resources, since the user of an electronic course deals with the direct implementation of educational material. The indicators for assessing the quality of software products in accordance with international and Russian standards and their applicability for assessing user interfaces of electronic educational resources are analyzed. The conclusion is made about the importance of the indicator “practicality” in relation to this type of software product as an indicator of an individual evaluation of the use of a product by a certain user or circle of users. The classical methods for assessing the quality of the human-machine interaction interface and the applicability of experimental and formal methods for assessing quality are considered. The analysis of modern approaches to the design of user interfaces based on UX/UI design is given. An assessment of the requirements and criteria for assessing the user interface from the standpoint of modern design is given. The tasks and features of the UX and UI components of the design process are analyzed. The essence of the modern term “usability” as an indicator of the interface evaluation is explained, and the qualitative evaluation criteria for this indicator are considered. The concept of UX testing is given, the main stages of this process are considered. The importance of taking into account the subjective psychological factors of interface perception is substantiated. The indicators for assessing the quality of user interfaces, based on the cognitive factors of its perception by a person, are analyzed.

Understanding and Assessing Quality of Models and Modeling Languages

2019 ◽  
pp. 967-980
Author(s):  
John Krogstie
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Modeling Languages ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Human Conduct ◽  
Organizational Activity ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge ◽  
Models And Modeling

An important challenge for organizational activity is to effectively represent and transfer knowledge. One reason why humans have excelled as a species is our ability to create common stories and represent, reuse, and transfer this as knowledge across time and space. Whereas in most areas of human conduct one-dimensional natural language texts are the main way of expressing and sharing knowledge, the authors see the need for and use of two and many-dimensional forms of knowledge representational to be on the rise. This will also enable users to capture contextual dependencies between roles, tasks, information elements, and the views required for performing work without having to go through traditional systems developers to have enhanced support for their work. The importance on supporting judgment on the quality of these models will thus increase along with the usefulness of frameworks for quality of models and modeling languages such as SEQUAL.

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