• DocumentCode
    282435
  • Title

    Principled formal methods in HCI research

  • Author

    Reeves, S.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Coll., London Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    32853
  • Firstpage
    42401
  • Lastpage
    42403
  • Abstract
    A suggestion is presented that formal methods, (for which a working definition is given) have a place in HCI and, more, are a necessity if HCI is to progress and learn from mistakes made in the past in software engineering and artificial intelligence. The author looks at two illustrations which support the case for using formal methods in HCI. The first illustration uses the experience of the AI community to relate a warning. The second illustration puts forward, at a very abstract level, some ways that formalization might be used to advantage and it uses an analogy with developments in software engineering
  • Keywords
    artificial intelligence; formal logic; interactive systems; software engineering; user interfaces; AI community; HCI research; abstract level; artificial intelligence; formal methods; formalization; software engineering; working definition;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Formal Methods in HCI: III, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    199161