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Explore how tools can capture the decision process besides results, interact intuitively, and cater to conceptual design stages. Learn the model where designers sketch, observers interpret, and both interact. Dive into understanding sketches, inferring behaviors, and simulating without numbers.
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Rationale Capture: Preserving the Thought Process, Not Just the Conclusion Randall Davis Howard Shrobe
Our Goal • Design tools that capture the decision process as well as the result • Design tools that interact in familiar ways • Design tools for the conceptual design stage
Our Model • The designer sketches with pen and paper • The observer interprets the sketch • The observer and designer interact
“When body 3 moves up Spring 1 releases”
An Intelligent Assistant... needs to understand: • how to interpret a sketch • how to infer causal behavior from structure • how to interpret gestures and verbal descriptions of behavior • how to simulate without numbers