WEB FORM PAGE IN MOBILE DEVICES - Optimization of Layout with a Simple Genetic Algorithm

Luigi Troiano, Cosimo Birtolo, Roberto Armenise, Gennaro Cirillo

2009

Abstract

Filling out a form on mobile devices is generally harder than on other terminals, due to the reduced keyboard and display size, entailing a higher fatigue and limiting the user experience. A solution to this problem can be based on reducing the input effort required to the user by auto-completion, and re-organizing the fields in order to provide first those with a higher prediction power. In this paper we assume to be able to predict the user input and we optimize the fields layout aiming at reducing on average the input actions.

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Troiano L., Birtolo C., Armenise R. and Cirillo G. (2009). WEB FORM PAGE IN MOBILE DEVICES - Optimization of Layout with a Simple Genetic Algorithm . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-88-3, pages 118-123. DOI: 10.5220/0002007001180123


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis09,
author={Luigi Troiano and Cosimo Birtolo and Roberto Armenise and Gennaro Cirillo},
title={WEB FORM PAGE IN MOBILE DEVICES - Optimization of Layout with a Simple Genetic Algorithm},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2009},
pages={118-123},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002007001180123},
isbn={978-989-8111-88-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - WEB FORM PAGE IN MOBILE DEVICES - Optimization of Layout with a Simple Genetic Algorithm
SN - 978-989-8111-88-3
AU - Troiano L.
AU - Birtolo C.
AU - Armenise R.
AU - Cirillo G.
PY - 2009
SP - 118
EP - 123
DO - 10.5220/0002007001180123