International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
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Computer generated menus are increasingly being used to simplify the dialog between the human user and the computer system. They are most often provided to help reduce the complexity of the user interface and are characterized by presenting lists of terms (or commands) for easy recognition rather then requiring the recall of these terms from memory. Currently, menu systems are being designed for simplifying the interface to database query languages used to retrieve information stored in computers' databases (Mezzanotte & Kibler, 1984; Williams, 1984; Ogden, Korenshtein, & Smelcer, 1986). A menu-prompted interface supporting a query language would benefit users of database systems by eliminating their need to recall specific database information and by guiding them through the process of query generation.