Models

• A description of cognitive modeling at usabilityfirst.com
• Theories in computer human interaction from the University of Maryland
• Interface analysis report of Disney.com using Foley and van Dam's conceptual levels
• Neisser's Perceptual Cycle
• Norman's Seven Stages of Action (and Gulfs of Execution and Evaluation) course slides by Richard Griffiths
• Expert Knowledge Elicitation to Improve Mental and Formal Models paper
• Formal methods in HCI by Alan Dix
• Cognitive Modeling and Cognitive Engineering described by The Mitre Corporation
• Models of the Design of Human Interaction with Complex Dynamic Systems paper
• Ecological Interface Design described by Kim Vicente

GOMS

• GOMSModel.org
• Overview of GOMS from the University of Baltimore
• A summary of the work being conducted with GOMS at the University of Michigan with links to papers and downloadable software
• A guide to GOMS model usability evaluation using GOMSL and GLEAN3 by David Kieras
• The GOMS Model and its Application description from Virginia Tech
• PGOMS (Predecessor of QGOMS)
• Using GOMS for User Interface Design and Evaluation : Which Technique?
• A GOMS Tutorial
• Bonnie E. John's GOMS Page
• Modeling Pilot Performance Using Automated Aircraft Systems presentation at George Mason University

Soar

• Soar: A Production-rule-based Cognitive Architecture Tool for Implementing GOMS Models
• Soar Frequently Asked Questions List

ACT-R

• About ACT-R
• Control in Act-R and Soar

Novice and Expert Users

• Expert v's Novice Users described by Jacob Nielsen
• "Problems with Save" paper
• "An empirical comparison of the usability for novice and expert searchers of a textural and graphic interface to an art-resource database" paper

Task Analysis

• A description of task analysis at usabilityfirst.com
• Design Discovery and Task Analysis lecture slides from Prof. Lawrence Rowe
• Description of Task Analysis at Usability.net
• "Beyond Task Analysis: Exploiting Task Models in Application Implementation" short paper from the CHI 1996 proceedings

Data Entry and Display

• Interface Widgets Layout
• Experiences - A Pattern Language for User Interface Design
• Turning Research into Practice: Characteristics of Display-Based Interaction

  Getting Users Attention

• Apple's guidelines for limiting the use of color
• Techniques & Tools for Using Color in Computer Interface Design ACM Crossroads student article
• Guidelines from Windmill Software Ltd
• University of British Columbia lecture slides
• Description of Faraday and Sutcliffe's 1997 studies on using animation to control attention
• Engagement in Multimedia Training paper from the HICSS 1999 conference

Automation and Human Control

• Is It An Agent, or Just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents
• Multiagent Model of Dynamic Design: Visualization as an Emergent Behavior of Active Design Agents
• Multiagent Model of Dynamic Design: Visualization as an Emergent Behavior of Active Design Agents
• Autonomous Interface Agents paper by Henry Lieberman
• The ALIVE System: Full body interaction with autonomous agents, by Pattie Maes, et al.,
• ContextExplorers: mobile agents for run-time context discovery, validation and verification
• "Improving the usability of an e-commerce web site through personalization" paper