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Apr 26, 2012
Lessons Learned from User Interface Development and Evaluation on an Engineering Software
Authors: Suet-Wa Choi [email protected], David C. Hsu [email protected], Hung-Lin Chi [email protected], Shih-Chung Kang [email protected], and Shang-Hsien Hsieh [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Computing in Civil Engineering (2007)
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SERCB (Seismic Evaluation of Reinforced-Concrete Building) is a computer software package used to estimate the seismic capacity of a building. Often long procedures are required to enter data collected from diverse sources. Therefore, it is important to design a user interface (UI) so users can work effectively and efficiently. In this research, a systematic evaluation method was developed. We first sampled 14 users from target user groups, and conducted usability tests. From the interview and observation of the users' behaviors in performing assigned tasks, we collected both qualitative and quantitative data. The usability problems of SERCB were qualitatively defined from interviews and observations. An equation was developed to quantitatively estimate the overall usability of this user interface.
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Graduate student, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
Graduate student, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
Graduate student, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
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