Grid applications to process, supervise and analyze earth science related phenomena: What about usability?

Cristhy Jiménez, Cristian Rusu, Dorian Gorgan, Rodolfo Inostroza

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Abstract

The power of using distributed architectures is well known in the scientific community. In the field of management of earth science related phenomena, distributed architectures such as grid computing, provide the required capability for data processing and storing. Originally, grid applications were mostly designed to be used by specialized users. Nowadays, developers are focused on to provide easy interaction systems for common (non-specialist) users. This paper presents the results of the usability study of a grid application for managing earth science phenomena. The results allowed determining the efficiency of a set of specific usability heuristics for evaluating grid computing applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2013 Chilean Conference on Human - Computer Interaction, ChileCHI 2013
Pages94-97
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 Chilean Conference on Human - Computer Interaction, ChileCHI 2013 - Temuco, Chile
Duration: 11 Nov 201315 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2013 Chilean Conference on Human - Computer Interaction, ChileCHI 2013
Country/TerritoryChile
CityTemuco
Period11/11/1315/11/13

Keywords

  • distributed applications
  • grid computing
  • usability evaluation
  • usability heuristics

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