Simplifying the Development and the Analysis of Cognitive Models
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title = {Simplifying the Development and the Analysis of Cognitive Models},
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Abstract
Usability of complex dynamic human computer interfaces can be evaluated by cognitive modeling to investigate cognitive processes and their underlying structures. Even though the prediction of human behavior can help to detect errors in the interaction design and cognitive demands of the future user the method is not widely applied. The time-consuming transformation of a problem “in the world ” into a “computational model ” and the lack of fine-grained analysis of simulation data are mainly responsible for this. Having realized these drawbacks we developed HTAmap and SimTrA to simplify the development and analysis of cognitive models. HTAmap, a high-level framework for cognitive modeling, aims to reduce the modeling effort. Within HTAmap the process of building cognitive models is transformed into a pattern-oriented task, based on “cognitive activity patterns”. SimTrA supports the analysis of cognitive model data on an overall and microstructure level and enables the user to automatically compare simulated data with empirical data. This paper describes both concepts and first implementations. The practicability of both tools is shown using an example in the domain of process control.
