On the role of individual human abilities in the design of adaptive user interfaces for scientific problem solving environments

Authors:
Elena Zudilova-Seinstra
Affiliations:
University of Amsterdam, Scientific Visualisation and Virtual Reality Group, Section Computational Science, Kruislaan 403, 1098, SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Venue:
Knowledge and Information Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

A scientific problem solving environment should be built in such a way that users (scientists) might exploit underlying technologies without a specialised knowledge about available tools and resources. An adaptive user interface can be considered as an opportunity in addressing this challenge. This paper explores the importance of individual human abilities in the design of adaptive user interfaces for scientific problem solving environments. In total, seven human factors (gender, learning abilities, locus of control, attention focus, cognitive strategy and verbal and nonverbal IQs) have been evaluated regarding their impact on interface adjustments done manually by users. People’s preferences for different interface configurations have been investigated. The experimental study suggests criteria for the inclusion of human factors into the user model guiding and controlling the adaptation process. To provide automatic means of adaptation, the Intelligent System for User Modelling has been developed.