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Evaluating the Usability and the Communicability of Grid Computing Applications

Authors:
Cristian Rusu
Silvana Roncagliolo
Arturo Figueroa
Virginica Rusu
Dorian Gorgan

Keywords: usability; communicability; grid computing applications; semiotic engineering; usability heuristics

Abstract:
Usability is a main attribute of any interactive software system. Its relevance for Grid Computing applications is expected to increase, as the technical knowledge of grid users will gradually decrease. Usability evaluation for Grid Computing applications brings new challenges. A set of specific usability heuristics was defined and validated. The paper presents a Grid Computing communicability study and evaluates the communicability’s impact on applications’ usability.

Pages: 204 to 207

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: January 30, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-177-9

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from January 30, 2012 to February 4, 2012