The ‘Engaged’ Interaction: Important Considerations for the HCI Design and Development of a Web Application for Solving a Complex Combinatorial Optimization Problem

摘要

As the boundaries of aesthetics are broadening udout to take on board and appreciate the experiences of new udtechnologies, so too, the designers and developers of these udnew technologies are realising the power of aesthetics to udcreate ‘intended’ human computer interaction (HCI) udexperiences. In this paper, the interest lies in the ‘engaged’ udinteraction and what actually needs to be harnessed between udthe aesthetic and the algorithm to ensure the ‘intended’ HCI udexperience is achieved. The paper will focus on the design udand development of an interactive website for solving a real udworld combinatorial optimization problem. Its main udcontribution lies in its investigation into the ‘engaged’ udinteraction whilst highlighting how we really need to udunderstand and appreciate the interface between the aesthetic udand the algorithm in order to fully get to the heart of HCI udexperience.