Abstract

MapSketch is a low cost interactive tabletop display. Designed for an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), it allows users to create digital markup data on paper and digital maps. This markup data is a small file that can be sent to responders in the field or another EOC. MapSketch uses paper and marker interface instead of the traditional computer or laptop graphical interface.

Abstract Currently, in most software environments, the fundamental tool used by software maintainers to perform system maintenance is the integrated development environment (IDE). The problem with current IDEs is that they have poor usability and offer little design information to the user; this increases the time necessary to perform program comprehension activities. In addition, many systems being maintained are accompanied by poor, if any, design documentation. This, in turn, increases the time...

Abstract Restaurants have often failed to take full advantage of modern technology to improve several aspects of everyday business. Proposed is a dynamic menu that would be embedded within the physical dining table as well as a Flash compatible moble telephone. This menu consists of basic computer components that would include an interface controlled by a touch screen monitor. The menu is designed to improve the three goals of a restaurant operation: work efficiency, customer density, and customer...

Abstract This thesis presents a web-based enactment tool for workflows built using a WIFA tool or a resource-constrained WIFA tool. WIFA is an intutiive yet formal workflow formalism introduced to satisfy the workflow management needs of incident command systems. Resource-constrained WIFA extends WIFA by taking resources into account when modeling and enacting workflows. The existing stand-alone tools developed by WIFA or resource-constrained WIFA are good for workflow editing and verification....

Abstract The dyanamic nature of incident command systems and their requirement for high flexibility raise a challenge to the research and implementation of workflows. The signficance of applying formal approaches to the modeling and analysis of workflows has been well recognized and several such approaches have been proposed. However, these approaches require users to master considerable knowledge of the particular formalisms, which impacts their application on a larger scale. To address these...