Implementation of automated interaction design with collaborative models

This paper summarizes the current status of an ongoing research program to explore automated alternatives to the current manual method of designing, implementing, and delivering user interfaces to complex digital control systems. Using examples from two implementations of the model-based interface automation approach that resulted from this research, we explore the models and collaboration required to perform on-demand user interface design. We first discuss the need for automation of the user interface design process and place the work into a research context. Using examples from two implemented systems, we then review the object-oriented models and processes that we used to support interaction design automation. Our findings support the application of model-based automated design approaches in digital control system domains, and particularly emphasize the need for rich semantic support for automated design.