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dc.contributor.authorPaynter, Gordon W.
dc.contributor.authorWitten, Ian H.
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-17T03:16:25Z
dc.date.available2008-10-17T03:16:25Z
dc.date.issued1999-05
dc.identifier.citationPaynter, G.W. & Witten, I.H. (1999). Automating iterative tasks with programming by demonstration: a user evaluation. (Working paper 99/07). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1170-487X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/1036
dc.description.abstractComputer users often face iterative tasks that cannot be automated using the tools and aggregation techniques provided by their application program: they end up performing the iteration by hand, repeating user interface actions over and over again. We have implemented an agent, called Familiar, that can be taught to perform iterative tasks using programming by demonstration (PBD). Unlike other PBD systems, it is domain independent and works with unmodified, widely-used, applications in a popular operating system. In a formal evaluation, we found that users quickly learned to use the agent to automate iterative tasks. Generally, the participants preferred to use multiple selection where possible, but could and did use PBD in situations involving iteration over many commands, or when other techniques were unavailable.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Science Working Papers
dc.subjectprogramming by demonstrationen_US
dc.subjectaggregationen_US
dc.subjectiterative tasksen_US
dc.subjectuser evaluationen_US
dc.titleAutomating iterative tasks with programming by demonstration: a user evaluationen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
uow.relation.series99/07


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