Specifying metaphors algebraically

1 January 1991

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGCHI Bulletin

Vol. 23 (1) , 58-60
https://doi.org/10.1145/122672.122686

Abstract

A sound engineering approach to user interface design requires the formalization of key interaction concepts, one of them being metaphor. Few formal theories of metaphor exist and most of them have been developed in the context of natural language understanding, learning, or reasoning. Work on metaphors in human-computer interaction has been largely non-formal so far.

Keywords

FORMAL THEORY
SOUND ENGINEERING APPROACH
KEY INTERACTION CONCEPT
USER INTERFACE DESIGN
NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING
SPECIFYING METAPHORS ALGEBRAICALLY
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

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