Shena Hoffmann
Chris KAm
Reference Information
Title Why UI: Using Goal Networks to Improve User Interfaces
Author: Dustin A. Smith, Henry Lieberyman
IUI
Summary
The motive behind this paper had to deal with improving user interfaces through user goals. If an application can go as far as understanding what the user wants to do, it can predict tasks for the user and reduce time. A map network of goals is laid out with details like time to get to them are laid out. Previous use of goal networks include: processing natural language, plan recognition, and recommendation systems. Also, the paper goes on to discuss a website that uses goals and plans to grab data for the goal library.
Discussion
I really enjoyed reading this paper on goal modeling. I really like the idea of applications knowing the goals of users. This could cut down on time used by a dramatic marker. I would really like to use one of the systems to see how smooth it could be during real time use. It seems that this could be helpful for several systems.
Having clear and presentable goals would really aid the user.
ReplyDeleteWhat I really liked about this system was how it was able to recognize individual tasks related to the main goal. Then it was even able to guide the user in giving location information or other information to help them complete these tasks. This could be very useful.
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