Ebook: Empirical Foundations of Information and Software Science III

The monograph presents the proceedings of the Third Symposium on Empir­ ical Foundations of Information and Software Sciences (EFISS) held at the Riso National Laboratory in Roskilde, Denmark, 23-25 October 1985. The EFISS series of meetings was initiated with the express purpose of explor­ ing subjects and methods of scientific inquiry of empirical nature which are of common interest to information and software sciences. Furthermore, these meetings were expected to provide a cross-disciplinary forum for discussion of problems and exchange of research results of importance for the design and application of advanced information systems. The previous two EFISS symposia took place at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The first meeting in 1982 focused on methods of experimental design and measurement techniques in information and software sciences. The second meeting was held in 1984 and its main theme was the value of information in prescriptive contexts, such as value of information for understanding and implementation of these messages, instructions, and commands. Specific examples of problems of this kind are the value of comments for the enhancement of understanding of computer programs, the value of information in assisting and guiding users of on­ line interactive systems, and the value of lexical aids in information retrieval. In both symposia, contributed papers were considered on any other valid subject of empirical foundations of the said two sciences.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Database Management in Research Environment....Pages 3-11
An Axiomatic Approach to Software Complexity Measures....Pages 13-20
Systems Design and the Psychology of Complex Systems....Pages 21-32
User Developed Prototype Systems....Pages 33-44
The Text Environment and Data Base Management Systems....Pages 45-62
Validation of Software under a Signal-Detection Theory Schema....Pages 63-72
Object-Oriented INTERLISP Programming Environment for Implementation of a Distributed Expert System....Pages 73-98
Combining Logging, Playback and Verbal Protocols: A Method for Analyzing and Evaluating Interactive Systems....Pages 99-108
Analysis of the Needs for Computer Aids to Planning in Computer Programming....Pages 109-121
DEMON: A Model for the Monitoring of Decision Making....Pages 123-134
On Initialization and Exitialization in Program Design....Pages 135-144
Document Information System in Scientific Research....Pages 145-154
A Technique That Supports Evaluation and Design of User Interfaces....Pages 155-173
The Term Association Thesaurus: An Information Processing Aid Based on Associative Semantics....Pages 175-186
Use of Computer Games to Test Experimental Techniques and Cognitive Models....Pages 187-195
Users’ Opinion of Their Work, Language, and Computerized System....Pages 197-210
Early Software Size Estimation: A Critical Analysis of the Software Science Length Equation and a Data-Structure-Oriented Size Estimation Approach....Pages 211-222
Software Systems for Managerial Work: Some Conclusions from Information Research....Pages 223-230
Information and Its Relationship to Decision Making: The Information Profile and Other Quantitative Measures; A Brief Summary....Pages 231-241
Back Matter....Pages 271-272
Information Science Laws and Regularities: A Survey....Pages 243-270

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Database Management in Research Environment....Pages 3-11
An Axiomatic Approach to Software Complexity Measures....Pages 13-20
Systems Design and the Psychology of Complex Systems....Pages 21-32
User Developed Prototype Systems....Pages 33-44
The Text Environment and Data Base Management Systems....Pages 45-62
Validation of Software under a Signal-Detection Theory Schema....Pages 63-72
Object-Oriented INTERLISP Programming Environment for Implementation of a Distributed Expert System....Pages 73-98
Combining Logging, Playback and Verbal Protocols: A Method for Analyzing and Evaluating Interactive Systems....Pages 99-108
Analysis of the Needs for Computer Aids to Planning in Computer Programming....Pages 109-121
DEMON: A Model for the Monitoring of Decision Making....Pages 123-134
On Initialization and Exitialization in Program Design....Pages 135-144
Document Information System in Scientific Research....Pages 145-154
A Technique That Supports Evaluation and Design of User Interfaces....Pages 155-173
The Term Association Thesaurus: An Information Processing Aid Based on Associative Semantics....Pages 175-186
Use of Computer Games to Test Experimental Techniques and Cognitive Models....Pages 187-195
Users’ Opinion of Their Work, Language, and Computerized System....Pages 197-210
Early Software Size Estimation: A Critical Analysis of the Software Science Length Equation and a Data-Structure-Oriented Size Estimation Approach....Pages 211-222
Software Systems for Managerial Work: Some Conclusions from Information Research....Pages 223-230
Information and Its Relationship to Decision Making: The Information Profile and Other Quantitative Measures; A Brief Summary....Pages 231-241
Back Matter....Pages 271-272
Information Science Laws and Regularities: A Survey....Pages 243-270
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