CS401A's Prelims: Human-Comp. Interact. Module 03

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Such a model can help HCI designers analyze the task and base the interface structure around the distinctive problem-solving process.

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Human Problem-Solving Model

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Human problem-solving efforts consists of these four (4) important parts:

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Sensation
Perception
Memory
Decision/Executor

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senses external information through aural, haptic, or visual modality

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Sensation

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interprets and extracts basic meanings of the external information

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Perception

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stores short-term or long-term information about external procedures, rules, relations, schemas, and the likes

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Memory

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formulates and revises a solution or plan, decides based on various information in the memory, and finally acts it out by commanding the motor system.

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Decision/Executor

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introduced the Gulf of Execution and Evaluation.

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Donald Norman

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is the difference between the intentions of the users and what the system allows them to do or how well the system supports those actions.

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The gulf of execution

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is the degree to which the system provides representations that can be directly perceived and interpreted in terms of user expectations and intentions.

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The gulf of execution

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One effective way to create an evaluation in relation to the original performance requirements is with the use of the

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GOMS model

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GOMS stands for

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goals,
operators,
methods, and
selection rules.

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is a human information processing model that predicts what skilled users will do in a seemingly unpredictable situation.

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The GOMS model

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These are tasks that a user wants to accomplish.

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Goals

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These are the basic perceptual, cognitive, or motor actions used to accomplish goals or actions allowed by the system.

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Operators

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These involve a sequence of procedures that can accomplish a goal

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Methods

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These are personal rules users follow in selecting a method to be used.

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Selection Rules

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the observable area a person can see through the eye

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Field of view (FOV)

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the distance from the eyes to the surface of the display

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Viewing distance

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the area subtended by the display from a particular viewing distance

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Display feld of veiw

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Pixel

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the number of pixels in a horizontal and vertical directions for a fixed area

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Display resolution

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the resolution perceived by the eye from a fixed distance

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Visual acuity

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the amount of light emitted by an object or as perceived by the human eye

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Brightness

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the human response to different wavelengths of light,

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Color

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the relative difference in brightness or color between two (2) objects

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Contrast

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is the next most common mode of information feedback.

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Aural modality

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is commonly used in intermitten alarms.

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Aural modality

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Also known as volume, this refers to the amount of sound energy.

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Intensity

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This is the energy transmitted in the form of waves with different frequencies.

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Sound

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This refers to the time differences among sound waves that originate from the same source.

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Phase

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This is the ability or a macine or a program I. the first

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Speech Recognizaion

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It is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses computer software to understand input made in the form of sentence in text or speech format.

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Natural Language Understanding

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Also known as volume, this referes to the amount of sound enery.

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Intensity

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This is the energy transmitted in the form of waves with different frequencey.

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Sound

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This refers to the time differences among sound waves that originate from the same source.

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Phase

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is also known as motor capabilities

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Human body ergonnomics

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is a model of human movement that predicts the time required to move rapidly to a target area as a function of the distance to the size of the target.

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Fitts' Law

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is another method of initiating and performang voluntary movement.

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Motor control