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Programming a User Model with Data Gathered from a User Profile

Programming a User Model with Data Gathered from a User Profile

Daniel Scherer, Ademar V. Netto, Yuska P. C. Aguiar, Maria de Fátima Q. Vieira
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466616288|ISBN10: 1466616288|EISBN13: 9781466616295
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1628-8.ch014
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Scherer, Daniel, et al. "Programming a User Model with Data Gathered from a User Profile." Cognitively Informed Intelligent Interfaces: Systems Design and Development, edited by Eshaa M. Alkhalifa and Khulood Gaid, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 235-257. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1628-8.ch014

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Scherer, D., Netto, A. V., Aguiar, Y. P., & Vieira, M. D. (2012). Programming a User Model with Data Gathered from a User Profile. In E. Alkhalifa & K. Gaid (Eds.), Cognitively Informed Intelligent Interfaces: Systems Design and Development (pp. 235-257). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1628-8.ch014

Chicago

Scherer, Daniel, et al. "Programming a User Model with Data Gathered from a User Profile." In Cognitively Informed Intelligent Interfaces: Systems Design and Development, edited by Eshaa M. Alkhalifa and Khulood Gaid, 235-257. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1628-8.ch014

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Abstract

In order to prevent human error, it is essential to understand the nature of the user’s behaviour. This chapter proposes a combined approach to increase knowledge of user behaviour by instantiating a programmable user model with data gathered from a user profile. Together, the user profile and user model represent, respectively, the static and dynamic characteristics of user behaviour. Typically, user models have been employed by system designers to explore the user decision-making process and its implications, since user profiles do not account for the dynamic aspects of a user interaction. In this chapter, the user profile and model are employed to study human errors—supporting an investigation of the relationship between user errors and user characteristics. The chapter reviews the literature on user profiles and models and presents the proposed user profile and model. It concludes by discussing the application of the proposed approach in the context of electrical systems’ operation.

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