Formal Methods In Human Computer Interaction

This book provides a comprehensive collection of methods and approaches for using formal methods within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research, the use of which is a prerequisite for usability and user-experience (UX) when engineering interactive systems. World-leading researchers present methods, tools and techniques to design and develop reliable interactive systems, offering an extensive discussion of the current state-of-the-art with case studies which highlight relevant scenarios and topics in HCI as well as presenting current trends and gaps in research and future opportunities and developments within this emerging field. The Handbook of Formal Methods in Human-Computer Interaction is intended for HCI researchers and engineers of interactive systems interested in facilitating formal methods into their research or practical work.

Discusses the application of formal methods - the attempt to provide methods that rigorously and unambiguously describe the behavior of a computer program or system - to the human computer interface.

This volume examines the proposition that formal methods are one of the conceptual tools that can support the design of Interactive Systems, understanding of their behaviour, and reasoning about their properties. All the approaches considered take into account some aspect of the Web environment which is one of the most successful software products of recent years: millions of people use it every day in order to search for, exchange, and modify information. As the case study in this volume, it provides a familiar background against which problems can be discussed. Book jacket.

Fianlly principles are discussed informally in the context of example systems and the notations summarised."

This essential book addresses the problems governing the usability of computer interfaces. These problems are approached from the angle of the mathematical modeling of interactive systems. By modeling various facets of the system--such as windows, real time phenomena, and dynamic pointers--the book demonstrates how formal methods of software engineering (particularly functional programming) can be used to enhance the efficiency and usability of interactive systems. This book will be accessible and invaluable to researchers and students in the fields of HCI and formal methods for software engineering. Employs a novel approach to HCI in using formal methods for evaluation and design**Brings mathematical rigor to interface modeling**Provides formalisms for the design of safety-critical systems**Outlines abstract models of interaction

Formal methods have already been shown to improve the development process and quality assurance in system design and implementation. This volume examines whether these benefits also apply to the field of human-computer interface design and implementation, and whether formal methods can offer useful support in usability evaluation and obtaining more reliable implementations of user requirements. Its main aim is to compare the different approaches and examine which particular type of implementation and problem each one is best suited to. To enable the reader to compare and contrast the approaches as easily as possible, each one is applied to the same case study: the specification of an ideal Netscape-like web browser and html page server. The resulting volume will provide invaluable reading for final year undergraduate and postgraduate courses on user interfaces, user interface design, and applications of formal methods.

This volume presents the thoroughly revised proceedings of the ICSE '94 Workshop on Joint Research Issues in Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction, held in Sorrento, Italy in May 1994. In harmony with the main objectives of the Workshop, this book essentially contributes to establishing a sound common platform for exchange and cooperation among researchers and design professionals from the SE and HCI communities. The book includes survey papers by leading experts as well as focused submitted papers. Among the topics covered are design, processes, user interface technology and SE environments, platform independence, prototyping, interactive behaviour, CSCW, and others.