Improving the Usability of a MAS DSML

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dc.contributor.authorMiranda T.
dc.contributor.authorChallenger M.
dc.contributor.authorTezel B.T.
dc.contributor.authorAlaca O.F.
dc.contributor.authorBarišic A.
dc.contributor.authorAmaral V.
dc.contributor.authorGoulão M.
dc.contributor.authorKardas G.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-26T21:13:46Z
dc.date.available2019-10-26T21:13:46Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description6th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems, EMAS 2018 -- 14 July 2018 through 15 July 2018 -- 228869en_US
dc.description.abstractContext: A significant effort has been devoted to the design and implementation of various domain-specific modeling languages (DSMLs) for the software agents domain. Problem: Language usability is often tackled in an ad-hoc way, with the collection of anecdotal evidence supporting the process. However, usability plays an important role in the productivity, learnability and, ultimately, in the adoption of a MAS DSML by agent developers. Method: In this chapter, we discuss how the principles of The “Physics” of Notations (PoN) can be applied to improve the visual notation of a MAS DSML, called SEA_ML and evaluate the result in terms of usability. Results: The evolved version of the language, SEA_ML++, was perceived as significantly improved in terms of icons comprehensibility, adequacy and usability, as a direct result of employing the principles of PoN. However, users were not significantly more efficient and effective with SEA_ML++, suggesting these 2 properties were not chiefly constrained by the identified shortcomings of the SEA_ML concrete syntax. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTürkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu: FCT/MCTES TUBITAK/0008/2014, FCT/MCTES PEst UID/ CEC/04516/2013, 115E591, NOVAen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgment. The authors would like to thank the followings: (i) the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under grant 115E591, and (ii) Portuguese grants NOVA LINCS Research Laboratory (Grant: FCT/MCTES PEst UID/ CEC/04516/2013) and DSML4MA Project (Grant: FCT/MCTES TUBITAK/0008/2014). --en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-25693-7_4
dc.identifier.endpage75en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9783030256920
dc.identifier.issn0302-9743
dc.identifier.issn0302-9743en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage55en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25693-7_4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/15801
dc.identifier.volume11375 LNAIen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.relation.ispartofLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDomain specific modeling languageen_US
dc.subjectMulti-agent systemsen_US
dc.subjectPhysics of Notationsen_US
dc.subjectSEA_MLen_US
dc.subjectUsabilityen_US
dc.titleImproving the Usability of a MAS DSMLen_US
dc.typeConference Objecten_US

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