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ACT-R Based Models For Learning Interactive Layouts

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dc.contributor.advisorStuerzlinger, Wolfgang
dc.creatorDas, Arindam
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T14:44:30Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T14:44:30Z
dc.date.copyright2014-06-23
dc.date.issued2015-01-26
dc.date.updated2015-01-26T14:44:30Z
dc.degree.disciplineComputer Science
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation presents research on learning of interactive layouts. I develop two models based on a theory of cognition known as ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought–Rational). I validate them against experimental data collected by other researchers. The first model is a simulation model that emulates the transition from novice to expert level in text entry. The model transcribes the presented English letters on a traditional phone keypad. It predicts the non-movement time to copy a pre-cued letter. It explains the visual exploration strategy that a user may employ in the novice to expert continuum. The second model is a closed-form model that accounts for the combined effect of practice, decay, proactive interference and mental effort on task completion time while practicing target acquisition on an interactive layout. The model can quantitatively compare a set of layouts in terms of the mental effort expended to learn them. My first model provides insight into how much practice is needed by a learner to progress from novice to expert level for an interactive layout. My second model provides insight into how effortful is it to learn a layout relative to other layouts.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/28227
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectComputer scienceen_US
dc.subjectCognitive psychologyen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive modelen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive modelingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLearningen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRetentionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMemoryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDecayen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInterferenceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsProactive interferenceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEfforten_US
dc.subject.keywordsMental efforten_US
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive efforten_US
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical-cognitive efforten_US
dc.subject.keywordsHuman-computer interactionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsHCIen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive psychologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive scienceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMathematical psychologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRational analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMobile phoneen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCell phoneen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSmart phoneen_US
dc.subject.keywordsVisual searchen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPhoneen_US
dc.subject.keywordsKeypaden_US
dc.subject.keywordsKeyboarden_US
dc.subject.keywordsText entryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsUser Interfaceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGUIen_US
dc.subject.keywordsACT-Ren_US
dc.subject.keywordsEgo depletionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsComputational scienceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGraphical layouten_US
dc.subject.keywordsSpatial memoryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsUnified theory of cognitionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive architectureen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMathematical modelingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsStatistical power analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNumber of model runsen_US
dc.titleACT-R Based Models For Learning Interactive Layouts
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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