Layout design of user interface components with multiple objectives

S.K. Peer; Dinesh K. Sharma; K. Ravindranath; M.M. Naidu

doi:10.2298/YJOR0402171P

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S.K. Peer Department of Industrial and Production Engineering K.S.R.M. College of Engineering Kadapa, AP, India
Dinesh K. Sharma Department of Business, Management & Accounting University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD, USA
K. Ravindranath Department of Mechanical Engineering S.V.U. College of Engineering Tirupati, AP, India
M.M. Naidu Department of Computer Science and Engineering S.V.U. College of Engineering Tirupati, AP, India

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https://doi.org/10.2298/YJOR0402171P

Keywords:

distance, congruent objectives, multi-goal, quadratic assignment model, layout design, user interface components

Abstract

A multi-goal layout problem may be formulated as a Quadratic Assignment model, considering multiple goals (or factors), both qualitative and quantitative in the objective function. The facilities layout problem, in general, varies from the location and layout of facilities in manufacturing plant to the location and layout of textual and graphical user interface components in the human–computer interface. In this paper, we propose two alternate mathematical approaches to the single-objective layout model. The first one presents a multi-goal user interface component layout problem, considering the distance-weighted sum of congruent objectives of closeness relationships and the interactions. The second one considers the distance-weighted sum of congruent objectives of normalized weighted closeness relationships and normalized weighted interactions. The results of first approach are compared with that of an existing single objective model for example task under consideration. Then, the results of first approach and second approach of the proposed model are compared for the example task under consideration.

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