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Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication
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This paper presents a meta-modelling architecture for human-machine communication that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and therefore expensive and expensive process of designing and implementing communication systems.Abstract:
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Interactive artefacts 3. Plans 4. Situated actions 5. Communicative resources 6. Case and methods 7. Human-machine communication 8. Conclusion References Indices.read more
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Issues of context in information retrieval (IR): an introduction to the special issue
Colleen Cool,Amanda Spink +1 more
TL;DR: Five overlapping dimensions of context are outlined which are believed to be important constituent elements and how they are related to different issues in IR research and how these represent work that is being conducted within these dimensions of Context.
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Beyond a narrow conception of usability testing
TL;DR: The author explores ways that technical communication can take a broader view of usability and then situate new approaches and studies to build a platform for an understanding of usability research that looks beyond the testing of drafts for usability to the tough issues driving usability research.
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Accounting for system behavior: representation, reflection, and resourceful action
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Value-based requirements engineering: method and experience.
Sarah Thew,Alistair Sutcliffe +1 more
TL;DR: The method was used by all practitioners, although in different ways, some used it to create an agenda of issues for analysis while others employed the VMEs to interpret stakeholders' views and manage stakeholder negotiations.
Les pratiques comme objet d'analyse
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an illustration precise dans le champ de la formation des enseignants puisque l’analyse des pratiques, preconisee par le rapport Bancel (1989), a ete instauree des la mise en place des IUFM.
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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Founda- tion for Design
Stephen E. Boi,William G. Lycan,Harry C. Bunt,Christopher S. Butler,Basil Blackwell,Frank Fallside,William A. Woods,Joseph Y. Halpern,Klans Schubert,Sylvia Scribner,Michael Cole,Henk C. van Riemsdijk,Edwin William,Terry Winograd,Fernando Flores +14 more
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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design
Terry Winograd,Fernando Flores +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that what AI needs is not so much a hermeneutic approach as a better appreciation of biology and psychology.
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Situations and Attitudes
Jon Barwise,John Perry +1 more
TL;DR: Barwise and Perry as discussed by the authors tackle the slippery subject of "meaning, " a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians, and they tackle it in this book.
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Situations and Attitudes.
TL;DR: Barwise and Perry as discussed by the authors tackle the slippery subject of ''meaning, '' a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians, and they tackle it in this book.