Given that the design activity makes use of previous design knowledge, we turned to case-based reasoning (CBR) to help identify opportunities to support the design of human-computer interaction (HCI). Using interviews with professional designers and Semiotic Engineering, we developed a CBR tool called CHIDeK (Computer-Human Interaction Design Knowledge), with which we conducted a study to obser...

Abstract Truth is the core issue of any theory meaning, and pursuit truth fundamental driving force human consciousness. Is appearance true? In what sense it truth? How do we obtain Can a final be obtained? These are among most difficult questions to answer in meaning best divergence points various theories. Peirce’s semiotic phenomenology puts forward view that can grasped clearly but neverthe...

Autonomy is a crucial property of an artificial agent. The type of representational structures and the role they play in the preservation of an agent’s autonomy are pointed out. A framework of self-organised Peircean semiotic processes is introduced and it is then used to demonstrate the emergence of grounded representational structures in agents interacting with their environment. 1 Autonomy a...

This paper continues and extends previous work on the functions of selfreferential relational structures and processes in the articulation of semiotic ideas and hypotheses within biological theory. The inquiry explores the various ways in which self-referential loops are tacitly embedded in the interplay of some of the most basic and foundational notions of biosemiotics — notions ordinarily con...

Empirical studies have revealed that most users are dissatisfied with current help systems. One of the causes for many of the problems found in help systems is a lack of coupling between the process for creating online help and the human-computer interaction design of the application. In this paper, we present a method for building online help based on design models according to a Semiotic Engi...

This paper describes the use of Semiotic Engineering methods in the context of multi-touch interaction. Focusing on the analysis of user testing data, we describe the transferability of Semiotic Engineering methods (specifically the Communicability Evaluation Method) across two interaction paradigms. While Communicability Evaluation is traditionally used for the analysis of graphical user inter...

Animation has always had its champions. Animators and fans have often proved eager to sing the praises of animation and especially to laud it over and above cinema. To give examples: French animation director René Laloux (2006) famously declared animation to be the true cinema, and in a humourous yet profound essay exploring the ‘evolution’ of Mickey Mouse from adult to juvenile, renowned biolo...