Houcine Ezzedine

Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | UPHF · Laboratoire d' Automatique, Mécanique, Informatique industrielles et Humaines (LAMIH)

In this paper, we propose evaluation based widgets as a contribution to assist evaluators for early evaluation of user interfaces. This contribution imbricates the ergonomic quality evaluation process into widgets used for user-interface graphical composition. In other words, these widgets evaluate themselves according to a defined set of ergonomic...

HCI evaluation has been an evolving research theme for more than two decades. The works in this area are so numerous. However, evaluators still found difficulties to inspect user interface in order to improve the quality of interactive systems. One of the evaluation difficulties remains at analyzing and interpreting the data related to the interact...

L'évaluation de système interactif fait l'objet de nombreuses recherches actuellement. Certaines visent à coupler explicitement conception et évaluation par différents mécanismes logiciels. Nous décrivons dans ce chapitre deux approches d'évaluation basées sur le concept de trace, tirant profit de nouvelles technologies et paradigmes. La première e...

The evaluation of interactive systems has been an active subject of research for many years. Many methods have been proposed, but most of them do not take the architectural specificities of an agent-based interactive system into account, nor do they focus on the link between architecture and evaluation. In this paper, we present an agent-based arch...

Since several years, the HCI community has proposed numerous techniques, tools, concepts, guidelines, patterns and approaches for the evaluation of interactive systems. The evaluation related techniques are so various which makes the choice of the appropriate one difficult for the evaluator. Each technique can be defined by its specificities and it...

The proliferation of the Technology Enhanced Learning Environments (TELE) and the growth of educative data are increasingly motivating researchers to study the potential of new approaches in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to the e-learning area. In this paper, we propose a software architecture for educational decision support system. We have...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the world. Impacts of the disease on both quality of life and social participation make it a major preoccupation in terms of public health. This disease is always associated not only to motor but also non-motors symptoms. Among these symptoms, several people with PD...

E-learning has gained tremendous popularity. In recent decades, major universities all over the world offer online courses aiming to support student learning performance, yet often exhibit low completion rates. Faced with the challenge of decreasing learners' dropout rates, e-learning communities are increasingly in need to improve trainings. Machi...

E-learning has gained tremendous popularity. In recent decades, major universities all over the world offer online courses aiming to support student learning performance, yet often exhibit low completion rates. Faced with the challenge of decreasing learners’ dropout rates, e-learning communities are increasingly in need to improve trainings. Machi...

Distance education or distance learning has existed for centuries. The way of practicing has evolved with the development of technologies (mail, broadcasted courses, telephone and television) . Since 1990, e-learning has emerged in the United States and Canada with the development of the Internet as the new form of distance education. Nowadays, man...

E-learning has been receiving increasing attention in recent years. Many educational organizations have implemented Technology Enhanced Learning Environments (TELE) to improve student learning performance. This paper presents an overview of e-learning area, with a goal of providing references to fundamental concepts and identifying challenges for t...

E-learning has been receiving increasing attention in recent years. Many educational organizations have implemented Computing Environments for Human Learning (CEHL) to improve student learning performance. This paper presents an overview of e-learning area, with a goal of providing references to fundamental concepts and identifying challenges for t...

Thanks to new technologies, internet, connected objects we produce a phenomenal amount of data. Putting these data in context, organizing them to be able to perceive, understand and reflect them is very important. Traditionally, human have analyzed data. However, as the volume of data surpasses, human increasingly turn to automated systems that can...

Testing and assessing are core activities in the development cycle of software applications, dedicated to evaluating interactive products in order to improve their quality by identifying various usability problems and defects. For complex system such as multiagent ones, usability evaluation is still an issue, and requires new test techniques to ass...

Testing and assessing are core activities in the development cycle of software applications, dedicated to evaluating interactive products in order to improve their quality by identifying various usability problems and defects. For complex system such as multiagent ones, usability evaluation is still an issue, and requires new test techniques to ass...

The technological revolution has been accompanied with the appearance of mobile systems. Mobile Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) which introduce a new style of managing organizations using mobile devices, are used in different contexts of use. So, a context based evaluation of such systems becomes required. Our contribution consists of enhancing...

The technological revolution has been accompanied with the appearance of mobile systems. Mobile Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) which introduce a new style of managing organizations using mobile devices, are used in different contexts of use. So, a context based evaluation of such systems becomes required. Our contribution consists of enhancing...

Mobile applications, which introduce a new style of interaction between the final user and the mobile systems, are used in different contexts of use. So, a context based evaluation of the Quality in Use (QinU) of such systems becomes required. In this work, we present a method towards supporting evaluators to assess QinU of mobile systems. We propo...

Usability evaluation for interactive systems is one of the greatest interests for Human-Computer Interaction community. To support this evaluation, several subjective and objective methods have been proposed and applied in academy and industry. In this context, usability evaluators usually work with a lot of and different kind of data (e.g., ordina...

The last decade marked the development of a large number of tools for assessing the usability of user interfaces. Those tools are based on different subjective and objective methods. For obtaining a good assessment of usability, integrating findings in a single and complementary manner, is promising. In this paper, we present an evaluation support...

The propagation and convergence of wireless communications, Internet, and mobile technology has given rise to new generation of decision support utilities commonly known as Mobile Decision Support Systems. Drawing on technology acceptance and decision-making theories, this study explores critical factors (utility and interestingness) in the use and...

The widespread use of wireless communications, Internet, and mobile technology offers the opportunity of supplying new generation of decision support commonly known as Mobile Decision Support Systems (MDSS). This paper describes research towards evaluation of such systems. Our view is that the end user will benefit if provided with a better Quality...

Interactive systems are constantly evolving. This evolution leads to new challenges. One of these challenges pertains to the quality of dialogue between interactive systems and humans. This dialogue essentially takes place through user interfaces. User interface evaluation is essential to improve communication between a system and its users. The re...

Ubiquitous computing expands both the place where the software system is used and the traditional way of interacting with its users. This happens since technologies should be fully integrated in the user daily activities in such way they become indistinguishable. So, in this scenario, new characteristics can emerge like calmness, transparency and c...

The current variety of existing approaches for HCI quality evaluation is marked by a lack of the integration of subjective methods (such as the questionnaire method) and objective methods (such as the electronic informer method) for supporting in making an evaluation final decision. Over the past decades, different researches have been interested t...

The current variety of existing approaches for HCI quality evaluation is marked by a lack of the integration of subjective methods (such as the questionnaire method) and objective methods (such as the electronic informer method) for supporting in making an evaluation final decision. Over the past decades, different researches have been interested t...

During these recent decades, various Human-Computer-Interfaces (HCI) methods and tools have been proposed. These are used to perform qualitative or quantitative evaluation. Generally, the results of these evaluations are presented independently which make difficult to the decision making. For this purpose, we have needed to analyze the qualitative...

During these recent decades, various Human-Computer-Interfaces (HCI) methods and tools have been proposed. These are used to perform qualitative or quantitative evaluation. Generally, the results of these evaluations are presented independently which make difficult to the decision making. For this purpose, we have needed to analyze the qualitative...

Over the two past decades, various HCI quality evaluation methods have been proposed. Each one has its own strengths and its own shortcomings. Different methods are combined to enhance the evaluation results. To obtain better coverage of design problems and to increase the system performance, subjective and objective methods can complement each oth...

In this paper, we present a set of graphical controls intended for the coupling between the design and the evaluation of mobile user interfaces. It is a contribution to user interface early evaluation. The presented controls include mechanisms aiming to inspect their consistency according to a predefined set of ergonomic guidelines. We also report...

The propagation and convergence of wireless communications, Internet, and mobile devices has given rise to new types of decision support utilities commonly referred to as Mobile Decision Support Systems (MDSS). Drawing on technology acceptance and decision-making theories, this study explores critical factors in the use and the performance of MDSS....

The evaluation of user interfaces is a rich theme in terms of concepts, approaches, and tools. The related tools are numerous that they are mainly classified into two categories. The first one includes the tools based on expert analysis techniques. These tools require a designer and/or an evaluator during the evaluation process. The second category...

Several users-oriented techniques have been proposed for Graphical User Interface evaluation. In this paper, we focus on User-Oriented Test concepts, advantages and related problems. Among the User-Oriented Test techniques, the electronic informer is a powerful technique for interactive system test. Thus, this research contributes in the improvemen...

this paper is related to the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field and more specifically to the interactive system quality evaluation using a subjective method known by the questionnaire. Efforts and research have been performed to enhance subjective usability evaluation of Human -Computer interface of interactive systems by deploying various meth...

The evaluation of interactive systems is a wide and rich research domain: many methods , criteria and tools are available. In this article, we are focused on agent-based interactive systems. We first describe the agent oriented architecture used in our researches. Then we propose an evaluation approach based on three complementary techniques: assis...

The quality evaluation topic of human computer interfaces is increasingly attracting researchers' attention in the information system community. The quality subjective assessment of the interactive systems interfaces using the advanced technology is an important issue which merits attention from researchers. In order to increase the overall satisfa...

The evaluation of interactive systems is a wide and rich research domain: many methods, criteria and tools are available. In this article, we are focused on agent-based interactive systems. We first describe the agent oriented architecture used in our researches. Then we propose an evaluation approach based on three complementary techniques: assist...

For more than two decades, the HCI community has elaborated numerous tools for user interface evaluation. Although the related tools are wide, the evaluation remains a difficult task. This paper presents a new approach for user interface evaluation. The proposed evaluation process focuses on utility and usability as software quality factors. It is...

This paper concerns IS evaluation, according to two points of view: needs in adapted software processes, needs in methods and tools from software Ergonomics and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). General needs are first underlined, as well as needs concerning the place of evaluation in software processes. Several categories of evaluation methods fro...

The evaluation of interactive systems and, more particularly, their human– machine interface (HMI), has been a recurring problem for the past 30 years. The evolution of interaction methods between user and machine, as well as the needs and specificities inherent in the evolution of information and communication sciences and technologies, systematic...

This paper concerns IS evaluation, according to two points of view: needs in adapted software processes, needs in methods and tools from software Ergonomics and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). General needs are first underlined, as well as needs concerning the place of evaluation in software processes. Several categories of evaluation methods fro...

In this paper, we propose a method for the analysis and the interpretation of the interactions between the user and the interactive system to evaluate. The proposed approach is based on the comparison between the user interaction sequences and the sequences average. This confrontation concerns the task execution duration, the realized tasks number...

In this paper, a new approach for interactive system evaluation is presented. It is based on the ergonomic guidelines integration within Graphical User Interface (GUI) controls. These controls provide assistance to the evaluator for the interfaces design according to a set of ergonomic guidelines. The controls use is proposed for both the evaluator...

This paper is related to the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field and more specifically to the interactive systems ergonomic quality evaluation. This article involves the realization and the test of a tool for guidelines validation in interactive systems in order to aid in the ergonomic quality assessment process. It consists on the selection of...

To evaluate how people use interactive applications, many techniques and methods are proposed. In this chapter, we describe two innovative evaluation approaches that exploit the concept of traces as a way of capturing the usage of the system. The first approach uses Aspect-Oriented Programming; the second proposes an explicit coupling between agent...

The evaluation of interactive systems is a wide and rich research domain. In this paper, we are focused on agent-based interactive systems. We propose an evaluation approach based on three complementary techniques: assistance evaluation tool, questionnaire, verbalization. The validation of our approach occurred within the framework of a project inv...

This paper proposes a survey concerning agent-based architectures of interactive systems. This survey is focused on certain models and perspectives. Indeed, general agent-based architectures are first presented. Then agent-based approaches dedicated to CSCW systems are reviewed. The appearance of web services requires new agent-based approaches; ba...

As they involve many interacting agents behaving in numerous ways that are extremely difficult to predict, urban transportation systems are complex in nature. The development of intermodal passenger transportation solutions to address the mo-bility issues constitutes a major thrust area of urban transport policies. But, to offer citizens comprehens...

Through their formal aspect and their capacity to model the dynamics of systems, Petri Nets have been bringing complementary and significant contributions in the human-computer interaction domain since the end of the Eighties. In this chapter, we have explained their utility for the modeling of agents which make up interactive systems with an archi...

The evaluation of interactive systems has been an active subject of research for many years. Many methods and tools have been proposed but most of them do not take architectural specificities of agent-based interactive systems into account. In addition, electronic informers are popular evaluation tools but current ones have often some limits. In or...

The evaluation of user interactive systems has been an active subject of research for many years. Many methods have been proposed but most existing evaluation methods do not take the specific architecture of an agent-based interactive system into account, nor do they focus on the coupling between the architecture and evaluation phase. In this artic...

Interactive system evaluation is currently the subject of numerous research projects. Some are intended to link design and evaluation explicitly by different software mechanisms. In this chapter, we describe two evaluation approaches based on the concept of traces, taking advantage of new technologies and paradigms. The first uses Aspect-Oriented P...