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Supporting efficient development of cognitive models at multiple skill levels: Exploring recent advances in constraintbased modelling (2005)
| Venue: | In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems, CHI'05 |
| Citations: | 19 - 3 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Tollinger05supportingefficient,
author = {Irene Tollinger and Richard L. Lewis and Michael Mccurdy and Preston Tollinger and Alonso Vera and Andrew Howes and Laura Pelton},
title = {Supporting efficient development of cognitive models at multiple skill levels: Exploring recent advances in constraintbased modelling},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems, CHI'05},
year = {2005},
pages = {411--420}
}
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Abstract
This paper presents X-PRT, a new cognitive modeling tool supporting activities ranging from interface design to basic cognitive research. X-PRT provides a graphical model development environment for the CORE constraint-based cognitive modeling engine [7,13,21]. X-PRT comprises a novel feature set: (a) it supports the automatic generation of predictive models at multiple skill levels from a single taskspecification, (b) it supports a comprehensive set of modeling activities, and (c) it supports compositional reuse of existing cognitive/perceptual/motor skills by transforming high-level, hierarchical task descriptions into detailed performance predictions. Task hierarchies play a central role in X-PRT, serving as the organizing construct for task knowledge, the locus for compositionality, and the cognitive structures over which the learning theory is predicated. Empirical evidence supports the role of task hierarchies in routine skill acquisition. Author Keywords user modeling, tools for usability evaluation.
Keyphrases
multiple skill level efficient development cognitive model constraintbased modelling exploring recent advance task hierarchy new cognitive modeling tool central role hierarchical task description automatic generation learning theory cognitive structure cognitive research compositional reuse interface design graphical model development environment predictive model empirical evidence task knowledge novel feature routine skill acquisition usability evaluation core constraint-based cognitive modeling engine comprehensive set single taskspecification detailed performance prediction author keywords user modeling cognitive perceptual motor skill
