Empirical Foundations of Information and Software Science IV

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Welcoming Address by Dr. Les A. Karlovitz, Dean, College of Science and Liberal Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology....Pages 5-5
Welcoming Address by John R. Mitchell, Director, the U.S. Army Institute for Research in Management Information, Communications, and Computer Sciences....Pages 7-7
Welcoming Address by Dr. Raymond E. Miller Director of the School of Information and Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology....Pages 9-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Softening Up Hard Science: Reply to Newell and Card....Pages 13-31
Design and Evaluation of User-System Interfaces or of User-Task Interaction: A Discussion of Interface Design Approach in Different Domains for Application of Modern Information Technology....Pages 33-62
Concurrent Computer and Human Information Processing....Pages 63-73
On Meaningful Menus for Measurement: Disentangling Evaluative Issues in System Design....Pages 75-86
Issues and Red Herrings in Evaluating Natural Language Interfaces....Pages 87-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Criteria and Techniques for the Objective Measurement of Human-Computer Performance....Pages 103-122
Human-to-Machine Interaction in Natural Language: Empirical Results of Field Studies with an English and a German Interface....Pages 123-134
Applying Operations Research Models to the Study of Complex Man-Machine Interfaces....Pages 135-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Adaptive User Interfaces for Information Systems: An Evaluation....Pages 149-161
Diades: A Design Tool for Interactive Programs with Provisions to Assess Design Decisions About the Man-Machine Interface....Pages 163-175
An Outline of Techniques for Evaluating the Human-Computer Interface....Pages 177-185
Software Complexity Assessment and Human-Machine Interface Evaluation....Pages 187-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
A Comparison of the Usability of SQL vs. a Menu-Driven Interface....Pages 205-210
Use of Query Language Boolean Operators by Professionals....Pages 211-222
Man-Computer Interaction in Computer-Aided System Analysis and Design: Application of PSL/PSA....Pages 223-235
Layout and Highlighting in On-Line Information....Pages 237-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Performance Measurement and Tuning of Interactive Information Systems....Pages 247-260
A Method for Designing Tools for Information Retrieval from Documents....Pages 261-272
Implementing Modifications of Information Systems While Using Them: An Intentionally Intervening Approach....Pages 273-285
The Semantic Model in Information Retrieval....Pages 287-294
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Counting Leaves — An Evaluation of Ada, LISP, and PROLOG....Pages 297-306
Diffusion of Software Engineering Methods....Pages 307-323
How do Software Practitioners Write Programs? An Empirical Study....Pages 325-332
Empirical Evaluation of a Proposed Model of the Program Design Process....Pages 333-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
An Evaluation Model for Distributed Computer Systems....Pages 349-352
Comparison and Evaluation of Floating Point Representations in IBM/370 and VAX-11/80....Pages 353-369
Investigating Downtime and Troubleshooting in Computer-Controlled Production Systems....Pages 371-405
Software Pattern Constructs....Pages 407-411
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
A Tool for Transitioning COBOL Programmers to Ada....Pages 415-422
Computer Assisted Pascal to Ada Program Translation....Pages 423-430
An Information Systems Software Engineering Methodology....Pages 431-439
Configuration Management with the ADA Language System....Pages 441-460
Front Matter....Pages 461-461
Expert Systems for Knowledge Engineering: Modes of Development....Pages 463-477
What Price the Information Age: A Model for Fair Payment for the Use of Information....Pages 479-486
Framework for Evaluating Learning from Computer Programming Courses: Problem Solving in an Introductory Computer Science Course....Pages 487-500
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Workshop on Research Directions and Opportunities I: Prospects and Open Problems....Pages 503-505
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Workshop on Research Directions and Opportunities II: Current Funding Programs....Pages 507-517
Selected Bibliography on Man-Machine Interface Evaluation....Pages 519-526
Back Matter....Pages 527-533