DocumentCode
3002269
Title
Usage-sensitive menu design with Huffman coding
Author
Bayman, P. ; Civanlar, S. ; Whitten, W.B., II.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1989
fDate
3-6 Jan 1989
Firstpage
436
Abstract
An adaptive usage-sensitive menu-structuring method is proposed to minimize the average search time within a hierarchical menu system. Menu usage statistics are collected, and the Huffman coding algorithm is used to move the frequency selected menu items to the more quickly accessible menu locations. With Huffman coding, the depth of the menu tree is adjusted for a specified breadth so that the average search time is minimized
Keywords
human factors; information retrieval; software engineering; user interfaces; Huffman coding algorithm; adaptive usage-sensitive menu-structuring method; average search time; frequency selected menu items; hierarchical menu system; menu locations; menu tree; menu usage statistics; Computer science; Design optimization; Frequency; Huffman coding; Information theory; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.II: Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN
0-8186-1912-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.1989.48024
Filename
48024
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