Grid applications to process, supervise and analyze earth science related phenomena: what about usability?

  • Authors:
  • Cristhy Jiménez;Cristian Rusu;Dorian Gorgan;Rodolfo Inostroza

  • Affiliations:
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile;Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile;Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2013 Chilean Conference on Human - Computer Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The power of using distributed architectures is well known in the scientific community. In the field of management of earth science related phenomena, distributed architectures such as grid computing, provide the required capability for data processing and storing. Originally, grid applications were mostly designed to be used by specialized users. Nowadays, developers are focused on to provide easy interaction systems for common (non-specialist) users. This paper presents the results of the usability study of a grid application for managing earth science phenomena. The results allowed determining the efficiency of a set of specific usability heuristics for evaluating grid computing applications.