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AIDE, A SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS
Citation:
Kittle, Jr., J., T. Barnwell, Jr., P. Hummel, AND J. Imhoff. AIDE, A SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/120.
Description:
Recent progress in environmental science and engineering has seen increasing use of interactive interfaces for computer models. nitial applications centered on the use of interactive software to assist in building complicated input sequences required by batch programs. rom these original applications, interactive capabilities are being expanded to provide "smarter", more flexible communication between users and the environmental models and databases they use. his paper describes newly developed software called the AIDE Interaction Development Environment (AIDE). IDE provides a straightforward, consistent methodology for designing and implementing new interactive interface systems for environmental software. IDE combines a toolkit of utility subroutines for building individual interactive screens with instructions for developing two parallel products: ile containing all text, questions, and messages used in interactive communication, and a FORTRAN program containing the control strategy and sequencing instructions for interactions. he system provides an efficient means for storing and updating screen contents. he AIDE package is based on a re-evaluation of currently available tools and ideas for constructing a user interface. ccordingly, the manual draws on an expanding knowledge of the "human factors" involved in effective design of man-machine interfaces.