GOMS is an acronym that stands for Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection Rules, the components of which are used as the building blocks for a GOMS model. Goals represent the goals that a user is trying to accomplish, usually specified in a hierarchical manner. Operators are the set of atomic-level operations with which a user composes a solution to a goal.
Methods represent sequences of operators, grouped together to accomplish a single goal.
Selection Rules are used to decide which method to use for solving a goal when several are applicable. Inc. All rights reserved.