ADAPTIVE HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACES FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION IN COMPUTER-INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Human-centred computer-integrated systems are investigated in view of their man-machine interaction requirements. It is shown that adaptive interfaces satisfy all the demands stemming from the requirement of human-centredness. A brief description is given of what kinds of adaptation can be built into the interfaces allowing human-computer interaction in the related computer-integrated systems. Finally, some basic criteria of how to construct efficient, reliable and user-friendly adaptive interfaces, are investigated. After introducing computer-integrated systems and associated human-computer interaction, a general view of the human-computes interfacing problem is given, followed by sections on interface construction, human-centred interfaces, adaptivity/adaptability/adaptation, taxonomy of adaptive interfaces and interface realizations, construction of adaptive interfaces and some trends in applying such interfaces in human-centred computer-integrated systems, especially computer-integrated manufacturing systems.