Interactive Systems: Design, Specification, and Verification: 8th International Workshop, DSV-IS 2001. Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June 13-15, 2001. Revised Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2220)

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on the Design, Specification, and Verification of Interactive Systems, DSV-IS 2001, held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, in June 2001. The 12 revised full papers presented have gone through two rounds of reviewing, selection, and revision. The book offers topical sections on mobile interface design, context-sensitive interfaces, supervision and control systems, temporal and stochastic issues, and new perspectives. An Xml-based Runtime User Interface Description Language For Mobile Computing Devices / Kris Luyten And Karin Coninx -- Model-based User Interface Design Using Markup Concepts / Andreas Mueller, Peter Forbrig, And Clemens Cap -- Abstract User Interfaces: A Model And Notation To Support Plasticity In Interactive Systems / Kevin A. Schneider And James R. Cordy -- Task Modelling For Context-sensitive User Interfaces / Costin Pribeanu, Quentin Limbourg, And Jean Vanderdonckt -- Industrial User Interface Evaluation Based On Coloured Petri Nets Modelling And Analysis / Maria De F.q.v. Turnell [and Others] -- A Tool Suite For Integrating Task And System Models Through Scenarios / David Navarre [and Others] -- Temporal Patterns For Complex Interaction Design / Min Du And David England -- Modelling Dynamic Group Behaviours / Jose Luis Garrido And Miguel Gea -- Reasoning About Interactive Systems With Stochastic Models / G. Doherty, M. Massink, And G. Faconti -- Towards Uniformed Task Models In A Model-based Approach / Quentin Limbourg, Costin Pribeanu, And Jean Vanderdonckt -- Heuristic Evaluation Of Website Attractiveness And Usability / Alistair Sutcliffe -- Affordance And Symmetry / Harold Thimbleby. Chris Johnson (ed.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.