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Approximate modelling of cognitive activity: towards an expert system design aid

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Phil Barnard,

Michael Wilson,

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CHI '87: Proceedings of the SIGCHI/GI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface

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https://doi.org/10.1145/29933.30855

Published: 01 May 1986 Publication History

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Constructs from theoretical psychology can be used to decompose the representational and processing resources of cognition. The decomposition supports “cognitive task analysis” through which user performance can be related to the functioning of resources. Such functional relationships have been formalised and embodied in an expert system. This builds approximate models which describe cognitive activity associated with the execution of dialogue tasks. Attributes of these “cognitive task models” can be used to predict likely properties of user performance.

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Approximate modelling of cognitive activity: towards an expert system design aid
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Knowledge representation and reasoning
      1. Cognitive robotics
    2. Philosophical/theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence
      1. Cognitive science
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI '87: Proceedings of the SIGCHI/GI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface

May 1987

344 pages

ISBN:0897912136

DOI:10.1145/29933

ACM SIGCHI Bulletin Volume 17, Issue SI
May 1987
319 pages
ISSN:0736-6906
DOI:10.1145/30851
Editors:
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Peter P. Tanner
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ACM SIGCHI Bulletin Volume 18, Issue 4
April 1987
319 pages
ISSN:0736-6906
DOI:10.1145/1165387
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