International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Volume 31

Volume 31, Number 1, 1989

David Stuart Robertson, Alan Bundy, Michael Uschold, Robert Muetzelfeldt: The ECO Program Construction System: Ways of Increasing its Representational Power and Their Effects on the User Interface. 1-26
Donna M. Lamberti, Sandra L. Newsome: Presenting Abstract versus Concrete Information in Expert Systems: What is the Impact on User Performance? 27-45
Kathleen M. Swigger, Robert P. Brazile: Experimental Comparison of Design/Documentation Formats for Expert Systems. 47-60
Dirk E. Mahling, W. Bruce Croft: Relating Human Knowledge of Tasks to the Requirements of Plan Libraries. 61-97
Stephen J. Guastello, Mary Traut, Gene Korienek: Verbal versus Pictorial Representations of Objects in a Human-Computer Interface. 99-120

Charles F. McMath, Robert S. Tamaru, Roy Rada: A Graphical Thesaurus-Based Information Retrieval System. 121-147
Catherine M. Kitto, John H. Boose: Selecting Knowledge Acquisition Tools and Strategies Based on Application Characteristics. 149-160
Jürgen Allgayer, Karin Harbusch, Alfred Kobsa, Carola Reddig, Norbert Reithinger, Dagmar Schmauks: XTRA: A Natural-Language Access System to Expert Systems. 161-195
Stuart L. Crawford: Extensions to the CART Algorithm. 197-217
Omar E. M. Khalil, Jon D. Clark: The Influence of Programmers' Cognitive Complexity on Program Comprehension and Modification. 219-236

Darrell R. Raymond, Alberto J. Cañas, Frank Wm. Tompa, Frank R. Safayeni: Measuring the Effectiveness of Personal Database Structures. 237-256
Wen-Jang Kenny Jih, David A. Bradbard, Charles A. Snyder, Nancy G. A. Thompson: The Effects of Relational and Entity-Relationship Data Models on Query Performance of End Users. 257-267
Jennifer Jerrams-Smith: An Attempt to Incorporate Expertise about Users into an Intelligent Interface for Unix. 269-292
Luis Osin, Pearla Nesher: Comparison of Student Performance in Arithmetic Exercises: TOAM vs Paper-and-Pencil Testing. 293-313
Doris L. Carver: Programmer Variations in Software Debugging Approaches. 315-322
P. G. Barker, K. A. Manji: Pictorial Dialogue Methods. 323-347
Lynne M. Coventry: Some Effects of Cognitive Style on Learning UNIX. 349-365

Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa, Jefry J. Machesky: Data Analysis and Learning: An Experimental Study of Data Modeling Tools. 367-391
Jawed I. A. Siddiqi, Bryan Ratcliff: Specification Influences in Program Design. 393-404
Douglas D. O'Shaughnessy: Specifying Accent Marks in French Text for Teletext and Speech Synthesis. 405-414
Richard Buxton: Modelling Uncertainty in Expert Systems. 415-476
H. Rex Hartson, Deborah Hix: Toward Empirically Derived Methodologies and Tools for Human-Computer Interface Development. 477-494

Brian R. Gaines: Integration Issues in Knowledge Support Systems. 495-515
Jens Rasmussen, Kim J. Vicente: Coping with Human Errors through System Design: Implications for Ecological Interface Design. 517-534
Stephanie W. Haas, Douglas P. Metzler: The Flexibility of Case Grammar Representations: A Porting Procedure for Natural Language Interfaces. 535-556
G. Premkumar: A Cognitive Study of the Decision-Making Process in a Business Context: Implications for Design of Expert Systems. 557-572
Marcio H. Malogolowkin, Jorge A. Ortega, Stuart E. Siegel, R. S. Horowitz, George Denman Hammond, John M. Weiner: Idea Analysis: A New Approach in Using Scientific Literature. 573-585
Ronald R. Yager: On the Representation of Commonsense Knowledge by Possibilistic Reasoning. 587-610

Newton S. Lee: Graphical Knowledge Programming with KNAPS. 611-641
Valerie J. Gawron, Colin G. Drury, Sara J. Czaja, Dawn M. Wilkins: A Taxonomy of Independent Variables Affecting Human Performance. 643-671
Mark A. Musen: An Editor for the Conceptual Models of Interactive Knowledge-Acquisition Tools. 673-698
Valerie L. Frankel, Osman Balci: An On-Line Assistance System for the Simulation Model Development Environment. 699-716
John Cook, Gavriel Salvendy: Perception of Computer Dialogue Personality: An Exploratory Study. 717-728