Improving the Usability of a MAS DSML
In: 978-3-030-25692-0; 0302-9743; PURE: 14753092; (2019)
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TUBITAK) under grant 115E591 FCT/MCTES PEst UID/ CEC/04516/2013 FCT/MCTES TUBITAK/0008/2014
Context: A significant effort has been devoted to the design and implementation of various domain-specific modeling languages (DSMLs) for the software agents domain. Problem: Language usability is often tackled in an ad-hoc way, with the collection of anecdotal evidence supporting the process. However, usability plays an important role in the productivity, learnability and, ultimately, in the adoption of a MAS DSML by agent developers. Method: In this chapter, we discuss how the principles of The “Physics” of Notations (PoN) can be applied to improve the visual notation of a MAS DSML, called SEA_ML and evaluate the result in terms of usability. Results: The evolved version of the language, SEA_ML++, was perceived as significantly improved in terms of icons comprehensibility, adequacy and usability, as a direct result of employing the principles of PoN. However, users were not significantly more efficient and effective with SEA_ML++, suggesting these 2 properties were not chiefly constrained by the identified shortcomings of the SEA_ML concrete syntax.
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Improving the Usability of a MAS DSML
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Miranda, Tomás ; Challenger, Moharram ; Tezel, Baris Tekin ; Alaca, Omer Faruk ; Barišić, Ankica ; Amaral, Vasco ; Goulão, Miguel ; Kardas, Geylani ; NOVALincs ; DI - Departamento de Informática ; RUN |
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Quelle: | 978-3-030-25692-0; 0302-9743; PURE: 14753092; (2019) |
Veröffentlichung: | Springer Verlag, 2019 |
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Umfang: | 21 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-25693-7_4 |
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