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Formal Methods in Human-Computer Interaction


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The book "Formal Methods in Human-Computer Interaction" is published by Springer Verlag.

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Structure of the book

List of contributors

Part I: Modelling Techniques

  • 1 Specifying History and Backtracking Mechanisms, pp. 1-24
    A. Dix and R. Mancini
  • 2 How to Model a Web (Without Getting Tangled in Nets), pp. 25-48
    D. J. Duke
  • 3 Software Architecture Modelling: Bridging Two Worlds Using Ergonomics and Software Properties, pp. 49-74
    L. Nigay and J. Coutaz
  • 4 A Formal Approach to Consistency and Reuse of Links in World Wide Web Applications, pp.75-92
    R. Pontin de Mattos Fortes, M. do Carmo Nicoletti and A. Neto
  • 5 Using Declarative Descriptions to Model User Interfaces with MASTERMIND, pp. 93-120
    T. Browne, D. Davilla, S. Rugaber and K. Stirewalt

    Part II Approaches to the Formal Specification

  • 6 XTL: A Temporal Logic for the Formal Development of Interactive Systems, pp. 121-140
    P. Brun
  • 7 Interaction Object Graphs: An Executable Graphical Notation for Specifying User Interfaces, pp. 141-156
    D. Carr
  • 8 Specifying a Web Browser Interface Using Object-Z, pp. 157-174
    A. Hussey and D. Carrington
  • 9 Modelling Clients and Servers on the Web Using Interactive Cooperative Objects, pp. 175-194
    P. Palanque and R. Bastide
  • 10 Development of a WWW Browser Using TADEUS, pp. 195-224
    E. Schlungbaum,
  • 11 Algebraic Specification of a World Wide Web Application Using GRALPLA, pp. 225-240
    J.C. Torres

    Part III Approaches to the Formal Evaluation

  • 12 TLIM, a Systematic Method for the Design of Interactive Systems, pp. 241-260
    F. Paterṇ and S. Meniconi
  • 13 Electronic Gridlock, Information Saturation and the Unpredictability of Information Retrieval over the World Wide Web, pp. 261-282
    C.W. Johnson
  • 14 From Formal Models to Empirical Evaluation and Back Again, pp. 283-314
    P. Wright, N. Merriam and B. Fields
  • 15 A Component-Based Approach Applied to a Netscape-Like Browser, pp. 315-346
    P. Alencar, P. Bumbulis and D. Cowan

    References, 347

    The Web Browser Case Study, 363

    Index of Key Words, 367

    Index of Authors, 373