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Mann, William C.; And Others – 1981
This report comprises two documents which describe the state of the art of computer generation of natural language text. Both were prepared by a panel of individuals who are active in research on text generation. The first document assesses the techniques now available for use in systems design, covering all of the technical methods by which…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs, Design Requirements
Eisenstadt, Marc; And Others – 1981
These papers describe efforts toward the systematic improvement of a software environment called SOLO (Eisenstadt, 1978), which has been used with cognitive psychology students at the Open University in Great Britain and is geared towards the manipulation of assertional databases. The first paper, by Eisenstadt, Laubsch, and Kahney, provides an…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Databases, Design Requirements
Dixon, Robert C.; Clapp, Elizabeth J. – 1983
Because of the need for models to illustrate some possible answers to practical courseware development questions, a specific, three-section model incorporating the Corrective Feedback Paradigm (PCP) is advanced for applying theory to courseware. The model is reconstructed feature-by-feature against a framework of a hypothetical, one-to-one,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Design Requirements, Feedback
Perlman, Gary – 1982
This paper explores languages for communicating precise ideas within limited domains, which include mathematical notation and general purpose and high level computer programming languages. Low-level properties of such natural artificial languages are discussed, with emphasis on those in which names are chosen for concepts and symbols are chosen…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Design Requirements, Language Processing, Learning Processes
Download full textMcCann, Patrick H. – 1983
This summary of methods for improving the user-computer interface is based on a review of the pertinent literature. Requirements of the personal computer user are identified and contrasted with computer designer perspectives towards the user. The user's psychological needs are described, so that the design of the user-computer interface may be…
Descriptors: Automation, Behavioral Science Research, Computer Programs, Design Requirements
Norman, Donald A. – 1982
Different aspects of human-machine interaction are discussed in the five brief papers that comprise this report. The first paper, "Some Observations on Mental Models," discusses the role of a person's mental model in the interaction with systems. The second paper, "A Psychologist Views Human Processing: Human Errors and Other…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Design Requirements
