Title
Inferring graphical procedures: the compleat metarnouse
Abstract
Metamouse is a demonstrational interface for graphical editing tasks within a drawing program. The user specifies a procedure by performing an example execution trace and creating graphical tools where necessary to help make constraints explicit. The system generalizes the user's action sequence, identifying key features of individual steps and disregarding coincidental events. It creates a program with loops and conditional branches as appropriate and predicts upcoming actions, thereby reducing the tedium of repetitive and precise graphical editing. It uses default reasoning about graphical constraints to make initial generalizations and enables the user to correct these hypotheses either by rejecting its predictions or by editing iconic descriptors it displays after each action.
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1207/s15327051hci0701_2
Human computer interaction
Keywords
Field
DocType
compleat metarnouse,default reasoning,precise graphical editing,graphical tool,drawing program,graphical constraint,action sequence,editing iconic,coincidental event,conditional branch,graphical procedure,graphical editing task
Generalization,Computer science,Graphical tools,Human–computer interaction,Default reasoning
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
7
1
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.87
10
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David Maulsby18020.32
Ian H. Witten2153461507.14
Kenneth A. Kittlitz37416.79
Valerio G. Franceschin471.87