Formal Methods for Interactive Systems
Published on 1. November 2000
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-12-218315-7 (ISBN)
Description
Intended for professional, research-level and advanced undergraduates in human-computer interaction and formal methods for software engineering, this book addresses the problems governing the usability of computer interfaces. These problems are approached from the angle of the mathematical modelling of intertive systems. By modelling 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.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-218315-7 (9780122183157)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
PIEs - the simplest black box model; red-PIEs - result and display; sharing and interference in window managers; the myth of the infinitely fast machine; non-determinism as a paradigm for understanding the user interface; opening up the box; dynamic pointers - an abstraction for indicative manipulative; complementary functions and complementary views; events and status - mice and multiple users; applying formal models; conclusions - mathematics and the art of abstraction.