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A Conceptual Framework for Improving Human-Computer Interaction in Locational Decision-Making

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Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction for Geographic Information Systems

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Ill-structured locational problems are difficult to solve using available software systems. Task analysis is used to develop a conceptual framework for the development of user interfaces that are designed to support the solution of locational problems. The problem-solving process is decomposed into a set of generic tasks. Each generic task is then refined into subtasks that must be accomplished by users and these tasks must be supported by the user interface. The interface must be able to provide a suitable set of options to users at different stages of decision-making.

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  1. Departments of Geography and Computer Science and Program in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences 316 Jessup Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

    Marc P. Armstrong

  2. Department of Geography, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, UK WC1H OAP, UK

    Paul J. Densham

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, DP-10, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    Timothy L. Nyerges

  2. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14261, USA

    David M. Mark

  3. Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes d’Information, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, F - 69621, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    Robert Laurini

  4. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, Department of Computer Science, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 04469-5711, USA

    Max J. Egenhofer

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Armstrong, M.P., Densham, P.J. (1995). A Conceptual Framework for Improving Human-Computer Interaction in Locational Decision-Making. In: Nyerges, T.L., Mark, D.M., Laurini, R., Egenhofer, M.J. (eds) Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction for Geographic Information Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 83. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0103-5_24

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