Empirical Foundations of Information and Software Science III

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Jens Rasmussen, Pranas Zunde

   Pages 1-2

3. Database Management in Research Environment

   • Kaname Amano, Takashi Maeda

   Pages 3-11

4. An Axiomatic Approach to Software Complexity Measures

   • P. Bollmann, H. Zuse

   Pages 13-20

5. Systems Design and the Psychology of Complex Systems

   • Berndt Brehmer

   Pages 21-32

6. User Developed Prototype Systems

   • Siv Friis

   Pages 33-44

7. The Text Environment and Data Base Management Systems

   • M. A. Heather, B. N. Rossiter

   Pages 45-62

8. Validation of Software under a Signal-Detection Theory Schema

   • M. H. Heine

   Pages 63-72

9. Object-Oriented INTERLISP Programming Environment for Implementation of a Distributed Expert System

   • Ralf-Dirk Hennings, Steffen Schulze-Kremer

   Pages 73-98

10. Combining Logging, Playback and Verbal Protocols: A Method for Analyzing and Evaluating Interactive Systems

    • Pentti Hietala

    Pages 99-108

11. Analysis of the Needs for Computer Aids to Planning in Computer Programming

    • Jean-Michel Hoc, Annette Valentin

    Pages 109-121

12. DEMON: A Model for the Monitoring of Decision Making

    • Erik Hollnagel

    Pages 123-134

13. On Initialization and Exitialization in Program Design

    • P. Järvinen

    Pages 135-144

14. Document Information System in Scientific Research

    • Takashi Maeda, Kaname Amano

    Pages 145-154

15. A Technique That Supports Evaluation and Design of User Interfaces

    • I. Mistrik, D. A. Nelson

    Pages 155-173

16. The Term Association Thesaurus: An Information Processing Aid Based on Associative Semantics

    • Annelise Mark Pejtersen, Svend Erik Olsen, Pranas Zunde

    Pages 175-186

17. Use of Computer Games to Test Experimental Techniques and Cognitive Models

    • J. Rasmussen

    Pages 187-195

18. Users’ Opinion of Their Work, Language, and Computerized System

    • Gunhild Sandström

    Pages 197-210

19. Early Software Size Estimation: A Critical Analysis of the Software Science Length Equation and a Data-Structure-Oriented Size Estimation Approach

    • A. S. Wang, H. E. Dunsmore

    Pages 211-222

20. Software Systems for Managerial Work: Some Conclusions from Information Research

    • Tom Wilson

    Pages 223-230

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.

• Processing
• complexity
• computer programming
• design
• interfaces
• language
• programming
• semantics
• software
• structured analysis
• testing
• user interface
• validation

• Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark

  Jens Rasmussen

• School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

  Pranas Zunde

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