Tasks = data + action + context: Automated task assistance through data-oriented analysis

Alan Dix*

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Abstract

Human activity unfolds partly through planning and learnt sequences of actions, and partly through reaction to the physical objects and digital data in the environment. This paper describes various techniques related to automatic task assistance that take this role of data as central. Although this brings additional complexity, it also offers ways to simplify or bypass problems in task inference that otherwise appear difficult or impossible. Although the focus in this paper is on automated task support, the importance of objects and data in understanding tasks is one that applies to other forms of task analysis in the design process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngineering Interactive Systems 2008 - Second Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, HCSE 2008 and 7th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams, TAMODIA 2008, Proceedings
EditorsPeter Forbrig, Fabio Paterno
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1-13
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)3540859918, 9783540859918
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, HCSE 2008 and 7th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams, TAMODIA 2008 - Pisa, Italy
Duration: 25 Sept 200826 Sept 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume5247
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, HCSE 2008 and 7th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams, TAMODIA 2008
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period25/09/0826/09/08

Keywords

  • Automated task support
  • Data detectors
  • Intelligent user interfaces
  • Task as grammar
  • Task inference

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