source: trunk/autoquest-core-usability/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/usability/CommonTaskRateRule.java @ 1959

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1//   Copyright 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
2//
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14
15package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usability;
16
17import java.text.DecimalFormat;
18import java.util.ArrayList;
19import java.util.HashMap;
20import java.util.LinkedList;
21import java.util.List;
22import java.util.Map;
23
24import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.SummaryStatistics;
25
26import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.DefaultTaskInstanceTraversingVisitor;
27import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.IEventTaskInstance;
28import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskInstance;
29import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskModel;
30import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.IUserSession;
31
32/**
33 * TODO comment
34 *
35 * @version $Revision: $ $Date: 16.07.2012$
36 * @author 2012, last modified by $Author: pharms$
37 */
38public class CommonTaskRateRule implements UsabilityEvaluationRule {
39
40    /*
41     * (non-Javadoc)
42     *
43     * @see de.ugoe.cs.usability.UsabilityEvaluationRule#evaluate(TaskTree)
44     */
45    @Override
46    public UsabilityEvaluationResult evaluate(ITaskModel taskModel) {
47        SummaryStatistics statistics = new SummaryStatistics();
48        int allObserved = calculateStatistics(taskModel.getUserSessions(), statistics);
49
50        UsabilityEvaluationResult results = new UsabilityEvaluationResult(taskModel);
51        analyzeStatistics(statistics, allObserved, results);
52
53        return results;
54    }
55
56    /**
57     *
58     */
59    private void analyzeStatistics(SummaryStatistics         statistics,
60                                   int                       allObserved,
61                                   UsabilityEvaluationResult results)
62    {
63        // the mean indicates how many different root nodes 10 subsequent actions have.
64        // The mean should tend to 0.1 (all subsequent 10 actions are covered by the same root task).
65        // The ratio must be similar, i.e., if the mean is 0.1 the ratio is 0, if the mean is 1.0
66        // the ratio is 1000
67       
68        if (statistics.getN() > 0) {
69            double mean = statistics.getMean();
70            int ratio = (int) (10000 * (mean - 0.1) / 9);
71
72            UsabilitySmellIntensity intensity =
73                UsabilitySmellIntensity.getIntensity(ratio, allObserved, -1);
74
75            if (intensity != null) {
76                Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<String, Object>();
77                parameters.put("ratio", new DecimalFormat("#.##").format(mean * 10));
78
79                results.addSmell(intensity, UsabilitySmellDescription.COMMON_TASK_RATE, parameters);
80            }
81        }
82    }
83
84
85    /**
86     *
87     */
88    private int calculateStatistics(List<IUserSession>      sessions,
89                                    final SummaryStatistics statistics)
90    {
91        final LinkedList<ITaskInstance> rootNodes = new LinkedList<>();
92        final List<IEventTaskInstance> leafNodes = new ArrayList<>();
93       
94        // determine for always 10 subsequent actions the root tasks performed for them.
95        // then determine, the ratio of different root tasks to 10.
96        for (IUserSession session : sessions) {
97            rootNodes.clear();
98           
99            for (final ITaskInstance currentRoot : session) {
100                currentRoot.accept(new DefaultTaskInstanceTraversingVisitor() {
101                    @Override
102                    public void visit(IEventTaskInstance eventTaskInstance) {
103                        rootNodes.add(currentRoot);
104                        leafNodes.add(eventTaskInstance);
105
106                        if (rootNodes.size() >= 10) {
107                            statistics.addValue(getTaskCoverageMeasure(rootNodes));
108                           
109                            while (rootNodes.size() >= 10) {
110                                rootNodes.removeFirst();
111                            }
112                        }
113                    }
114                });
115            }
116        }
117       
118        return leafNodes.size();
119    }
120
121    /**
122     *
123     */
124    private double getTaskCoverageMeasure(LinkedList<ITaskInstance> rootNodes) {
125        int noOfDiffRoots = 0;
126        ITaskInstance prevRoot = null;
127       
128        for (ITaskInstance root : rootNodes) {
129            if (!root.equals(prevRoot)) {
130                noOfDiffRoots++;
131            }
132           
133            prevRoot = root;
134        }
135       
136        return (double) noOfDiffRoots / rootNodes.size();
137    }
138
139}
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