Handling the Misunderstanding in Interactions: Definition and Solution

Phuong Thao Pham (1) , Mourad Rabah (1) , Pascal Estraillier (1)

1 L3I - Laboratoire Informatique, Image et Interaction - EA 2118

Explorative work on the concepts and taxonomy of the misunderstanding in interaction and on the architectural mechanism solving this problem in interactive systems. System actors interacting during the software execution may face misunderstandings when the internal data of at least one actor evolve differently from other actors' data, after the same sequence of interactions within a common context. We formally define the misunderstandings in interaction and propose an architecture including mechanisms to detect, treat and avoid them. These mechanisms insure the consistency of system's actor data at the end of each interaction sequence in the application scenario.

Mots clés: Interactive system; adaptativity; misunderstanding; agent-based approach; fault-tolerance

Domaines: Architectures Matérielles [cs.AR]; Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain; Education; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Phuong Thao Pham, Mourad Rabah, Pascal Estraillier. Handling the Misunderstanding in Interactions: Definition and Solution. International Conference on Software Engineering & Applications, Dec 2011, Singapour, Singapore. pp.47-52, ⟨10.5176/2251-2217_SEA42⟩. ⟨hal-00765963⟩