Modelling for Applications System Design
Robert D. Macredie, R.J. Paul, Gautam Mitra · Journal of Intelligent Systems · 1996
This special issue stems from our belief that users are central to the design of computer software, and that developing models of users has the potential to inform software design.The range of models that can be developed and the ways in which they are used in the design of computer software are vast.Models can be a formal (or 'hard') representation of the user on which the behaviour of the software rests.Such models are often used in areas of Artificial Intelligence to 'guide' the behaviour of the system depending on the actions of the user.Such models are often complex and restricted to a small set of user behaviours.