Interactive optimization in cooperative environments

ABSTRACT

In the present paper, we introduce a multi-user interactive framework for solving complex optimization problems. The framework, called Co-UserHints, provides a visual computational environment for interaction and visualization. We demonstrate its functionality by presenting a multi-user system for interactive graph drawing.

REFERENCES

• 1: David Anderson , Emily Anderson , Neal Lesh , Joe Marks , Brian Mirtich , David Ratajczak , Kathy Ryall, Human-Guided Simple Search, Proceedings of the Seventeenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Twelfth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, p.209-216, July 30-August 03, 2000
• 2: Giuseppe Di Battista , Peter Eades , Roberto Tamassia , Ioannis G. Tollis, Graph Drawing: Algorithms for the Visualization of Graphs, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998
• 3: Do Nascimento, H. A. D. (2003), User Hints for Optimization Processes, PhD thesis, University of Sydney.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.6 Programming Environments
          Subjects: Interactive environments

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
          Subjects: User interfaces

  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces

General Terms:
Design, Theory

Keywords:
graph visualization, interactive optimization, multi-user framework, user hints