Title :
Suitability of visual modelling languages for modelling tangible user interface applications
Author :
Tobias, Eric ; Ras, E. ; Amalio, N.
Author_Institution :
Service Sci. & Innovation Dept., Public Res. Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
fDate :
Sept. 30 2012-Oct. 4 2012
Abstract :
This paper compares the suitability of visual modelling languages for describing tangible user interface (TUI) applications. After gathering different approaches, we have selected three languages for our comparative study: the visual object constraint language (VOCL), augmented constraint diagrams (ACD), and the visual contract language (VCL). A weighted evaluation based on multiple quality criteria led to the conclusion that VCL is best suited to model TUI applications.
Keywords :
haptic interfaces; simulation languages; visual languages; ACD; TUI applications; VCL; VOCL; augmented constraint diagrams; quality criteria; tangible user interface application modelling; tangible user interface applications; visual contract language; visual modelling languages; visual object constraint language; Computational modeling; Contracts; DSL; Electronic mail; Unified modeling language; User interfaces; Visualization; Comparative Study; Constraint Diagrams; Model Driven Development; VCL; VOCL; Visual Languages;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0852-6
DOI :
10.1109/VLHCC.2012.6344548
