Only Research Faculty Publications Frank Ritter 1. Cognitive models as users. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.
Cognitive models are computer programs that simulate human performance of cognitive skills.
If cognitive models could interact with interfaces as users do, the models would be easier to develop and would be easier to apply as interface testers. We present five case studies using three different User Interface Management Systems. These show how models can routinely interact with interfaces using interaction mechanisms general to an interface tool that support and constrain performance in the same ways that human performance is supported and constrained by perception and action. Most existing UIMSs can be extended in this way. Young and Ritter will also be editing a special issue of the Int.