Model of optimal exploration and decision making in novel interfaces

Bob Rehder; Clayton Lewis; Bob Terwilliger; Peter Polson; John Rieman

Model of optimal exploration and decision making in novel interfaces

Bob Rehder, Clayton Lewis, Bob Terwilliger, Peter Polson, John Rieman

Psychology

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Abstract

Users attempting to interact with an application for the first time are confronted with the problem of determining which command to execute in order to accomplish their goals. A 'rational analysis' was conducted in order to determine how users ought to behave when faced with this decision problem. The resulting model is able to account at a qualitative level for a number of behaviors that users actually exhibit when trying to use a new application.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	230-231
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 1995
Event	Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Part 2 (of 2) - Denver, CO, USA Duration: May 7 1995 → May 11 1995

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Other	Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Part 2 (of 2)
City	Denver, CO, USA
Period	5/7/95 → 5/11/95

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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