Formal Grammar and Human Factors Design of an Interactive Graphics System
Phyllis Reisner · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 1981
Formal grammatical description has not generally been applied in the human factors area, which traditionally draws on behavioral science for its methodology. This paper illustrates, by means of a detailed example, how formal grammatical description can be used as a predictive tool to compare alternative designs for ease of use and to identify design choices which could cause users to make mistakes.