DocumentCode :
3369545
Title :
Software Environment for Research on Evolving User Interface Designs
Author :
Quiroz, Juan ; Shankar, Anil ; Dascalu, Sergiu M. ; Louis, Sushil J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Nevada, Reno
fYear :
2007
fDate :
25-31 Aug. 2007
Firstpage :
84
Lastpage :
84
Abstract :
We investigate the trade off between investing effort in improving the features of a research environment that increases productivity and investing such effort in actually conducting the research experiments using a less elaborated, albeit sufficiently operational environment. The study case presented is an interactive genetic algorithm environment we created to evolve user interfaces designs. We present three productivity improvements integrated in our environment and examine whether on the long run the research productivity can be in fact increased by spending development time on enhancing the research tools rather than on performing the research itself. The three improvements are the integration of the entire system interface into a main wxPython window, the addition of a runs manager for setting up multiple experiments, and the creation of a data manager for effective exploration and visualization of data produced in the experiment runs. We also discuss several guidelines for transitioning a research environment such as ours from a researcher´s tool to an end-user´s tool.
Keywords :
genetic algorithms; interactive systems; user interface management systems; interactive genetic algorithm; software environment; user interface designs; wxPython window; Algorithm design and analysis; Data visualization; Environmental management; Genetic algorithms; Guidelines; Humans; Process design; Productivity; Space exploration; User interfaces;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Advances, 2007. ICSEA 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cap Esterel
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2937-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2937-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSEA.2007.62
Filename :
4299964
Link To Document :
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