Implementation and Usability of User Interfaces for Quality of Service Management

Author

Georgievski, Mladen ; Sharda, Nalin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Math., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC

fYear

2005

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative study of two methods for implementing the Quality Cost Temporal Triangle (QCTT) user interface for dynamic QoS Management of Networked Multimedia Systems. Two options investigated are called: the Cartesian Coordinate System (CCS) and the Triangular Fractal System (TFS). We carried out a comparative usability study for the graphical user interfaces (GUI) implemented for the same. The GUI provides two methods of controlling the QoS, namely Pivot-Point and Three Sliders control methods. Overall, the Pivot-Point control method was rated higher by the participants for both CCS and TFS implementations.

Keywords

fractals; graphical user interfaces; multimedia communication; quality of service; Cartesian coordinate system; GUI; dynamic QoS management; graphical user interfaces; networked multimedia system; pivot-pivot control; quality cost temporal triangle; quality of service management; three sliders control method; triangular fractal system; Carbon capture and storage; Computer science; Costs; Fractals; Graphical user interfaces; Multimedia systems; Quality management; Quality of service; Usability; User interfaces; Networked Multimedia Systems; QoS Management; Quality of Service; Usability Study;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2005 2005 IEEE Region 10

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9311-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9312-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2005.301053

Filename

4085261