Title :
Usage-sensitive menu design with Huffman coding
Author :
Bayman, P. ; Civanlar, S. ; Whitten, W.B., II.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An adaptive usage-sensitive menu-structuring method is proposed to minimize the average search time within a hierarchical menu system. Menu usage statistics are collected, and the Huffman coding algorithm is used to move the frequency selected menu items to the more quickly accessible menu locations. With Huffman coding, the depth of the menu tree is adjusted for a specified breadth so that the average search time is minimized
Keywords :
human factors; information retrieval; software engineering; user interfaces; Huffman coding algorithm; adaptive usage-sensitive menu-structuring method; average search time; frequency selected menu items; hierarchical menu system; menu locations; menu tree; menu usage statistics; Computer science; Design optimization; Frequency; Huffman coding; Information theory; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.II: Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1912-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.48024
