Model-driven development and evolution of customized user interfaces

Abstract

One of the main benefits of model-driven development of User Interfaces (UIs) is the increase in efficiency and consistency when developing multiple variants of a UI. For instance, multiple UIs for different target users, platforms, devices, or for whole product families can be generated from the same abstract models. However, purely generated UIs are not always sufficient as there is often need for customizing the individual UI variants, e.g., due to usability issues or specific customer requirements.In this paper we present a model-driven approach for the development of UI families with systematic support for customizations. The approach supports customizing all aspects of a UI (UI elements, screens, navigation, etc.) and storing the customizations in specific models. As a result, a UI family can be evolved more efficiently because individual UI variants can be re-generated (after some changes have been applied to the family) without losing any previously made customizations. We demonstrate this by thirty highly customized real-world products from a commercial family of web information systems called HIS-GX/QIS.

Современные Тенденции В Автоматизированной Оценке Юзабилити И Поведенческие Факторы В Алгоритмах Поисковых Систем

“…Гибридные подходы к оценке юзабилити зача-стую основываются на методах искусственного ин-теллекта и машинного обучения, что может вклю-чать в себя обработку данных о взаимодействии в реальном времени, основанные на моделях эво-люционные подходы [27], юзабилити-модели, обученные на данных взаимодействий или опро-сов [2], и т.п. Результаты могут варьироваться от только лишь полученной оценки качества взаимо-действия до определения потенциальных юзаби-лити-проблем [28], указания на релевантные реко-мендации по дизайну [29] и даже до перегенерации интерфейса на лету [30].…”

Model transformation rules for customization of multi-device graphical user interfaces

“…This is also a key open issue, e.g., of beautification [1,10]. Persistence can be achieved by customizing an already generated model through its further transformation using additional rules [11]. Our approach, in contrast, does not adapt a previously generated model, but influences the creation of the model itself for customizing through transformation rules used for generating the model in the first place.…”

A Meta-model for Run Time Adaptation in a UI-DSPL process

“…From another hand and to develop a family of user interfaces, recent works had resorted to the use of Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) paradigm (Pleuss et al 2013). The SPLE (Pohl et al, 2005) paradigm consists of a set of softwareintensive systems that share a common, managed set of features satisfying the specific needs of a particular market segment or mission and that are developed from a common set of core assets in a prescribed way.…”

“…In (Pleuss et al, 2013), the context awareness was performed at the design time phase. In (Pleuss et al, 2013), authors used MBUID models to implement the SPL process.…”

“…In (Pleuss et al, 2013), authors used MBUID models to implement the SPL process. The three main elements that define the context of use (<user, platform, and environment>) were extended with the customer element.…”