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This paper discusses the nature of research in specifying and verifying interactive systems; it argues that researchers must assess the relevance of the models they propose to the concerns of user interface designers. The paper outlines a semi-formal representation of user interface software and reports a case study which assesses the relevance of the representation to the designer who is interested in the usability of a system. The paper discusses this case study and its findings, and discusses some methodological concerns about the validation of design representations of interactive systems.
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Markopoulos, P., Papatzanis, G., Johnson, P., Rowson, J. (1998). Validating semi-formal specifications of interactors as design representations. In: Markopoulos, P., Johnson, P. (eds) Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems ’98. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3693-5_8
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