Sense-Assess-Augment: A Taxonomy for Human Effectiveness

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott M. Galster ◽  
Erica M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Human Effectiveness

Forms/3: A first-order visual language to explore the boundaries of the spreadsheet paradigm

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARGARET BURNETT ◽  
JOHN ATWOOD ◽  
REBECCA WALPOLE DJANG ◽  
JAMES REICHWEIN ◽  
HERKIMER GOTTFRIED ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Programming ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Visual Language ◽  
Data Abstraction ◽  
First Order ◽  
Programming Paradigm ◽  
Wide Acceptance ◽  
Language Characteristics ◽  
Procedural Abstraction ◽  
Human Effectiveness

Although detractors of functional programming sometimes claim that functional programming is too difficult or counter-intuitive for most programmers to understand and use, evidence to the contrary can be found by looking at the popularity of spreadsheets. The spreadsheet paradigm, a first-order subset of the functional programming paradigm, has found wide acceptance among both programmers and end users. Still, there are many limitations with most spreadsheet systems. In this paper, we discuss language features that eliminate several of these limitations without deviating from the first-order, declarative evaluation model. The language used to illustrate these features is a research language called Forms/3. Using Forms/3, we show that procedural abstraction, data abstraction and graphics output can be supported in the spreadsheet paradigm. We show that, with the addition of a simple model of time, animated output and GUI I/O also become viable. To demonstrate generality, we also present an animated Turing machine simulator programmed using these features. Throughout the paper, we combine our discussion of the programming language characteristics with how the language features prototyped in Forms/3 relate to what is known about human effectiveness in programming.

scholarly journals Improving human effectiveness for extreme-scale problem solving : final report (assessing the effectiveness of electronic brainstorming in an industrial setting).

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney C. Dornburg ◽  
Susan Marie Stevens ◽  
Travis L. Bauer ◽  
George S. Davidson ◽  
James Chris Forsythe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Scale Problem ◽  
Electronic Brainstorming ◽  
Industrial Setting ◽  
Extreme Scale ◽  
Human Effectiveness
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