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Title:	Simulation Of Visual Assessment For The Given Deployment Of Graphical User Interface Elements
Authors:	Daniel Skiera, Mark Hoenig, Juergen Hoetzel, Pawel Dabrowski, Slawomir Nikiel
Published in:	(2012).ECMS 2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann. European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012 ISBN: 978-0-9564944-4-3 26^th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Shaping reality through simulation Koblenz, Germany, May 29 – June 1 2012
Citation format:	Skiera, D., Hoenig, M., Hoetzel, J., Dabrowski, P., & Nikiel, S. (2012). Simulation Of Visual Assessment For The Given Deployment Of Graphical User Interface Elements. ECMS 2012 Proceedings edited by: K. G. Troitzsch, M. Moehring, U. Lotzmann (pp. 216-221). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2012-0216-0221
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2012-0216-0221
Abstract:	We observe a constant growth of methods and mod- els enabling automated generation of graphical data, de- rived either from physical world or taken from simula- tions. Good information design is crucial for human- computer interface, improving productivity and enhanc- ing human understanding. This paper proposes two novel algorithms to simulate the visual assessment of deploy- ment of GUI elements. GUI elements are treated as the uniform rectangular blocks on the layout. Those blocks eventually are replaced by the system dependent object representations, e.g. visual metaphors of the heating sys- tem. The results returned by the algorithms were com- pared with results obtained by a survey. The proposed metrics can be used in visual evaluation of various sim- ulation models, as long as they consist of logically sepa- rable elements. The paper discusses the theoretical back- ground, the properties of proposed algorithms alongside with the sample application prototype outputs.
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