Optimization of menu layouts by means of genetic algorithms

  • Authors:
  • Luigi Troiano;Cosimo Birtolo;Roberto Armenise;Gennaro Cirillo

  • Affiliations:
  • RCOST, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy;Poste Italiane s.p.a., Centro Sviluppo Servizi Innovativi Napoli, Naples, Italy;Poste Italiane s.p.a., Centro Sviluppo Servizi Innovativi Napoli, Naples, Italy;Poste Italiane s.p.a., Centro Sviluppo Servizi Innovativi Napoli, Naples, Italy

  • Venue:
  • EvoCOP'08 Proceedings of the 8th European conference on Evolutionary computation in combinatorial optimization
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Menu systems are key components in modern graphical user interfaces (GUIs), either for traditional desktop applications, or for the latest web applications. The design of interface layout must consider different aspects resulting in a trade-off between often conflicting requirements. This trade-off is aimed at making effective use of interfaces in order to meet user preferences and to conform to standard guidelines at the same time. Assuming we are able to quantify such a trade-off, the problem of finding a menu system able to maximize it figures as a combinatorial optimization problem. In this paper we investigate the application of genetic algorithms as a viable approach to identifying solutions that can be used as a starting point for further fine-tuning.