Document Type

Post-Print

Publication Date

7-11-2015

Subjects

Transportation, Planning, Systems design, Decision making, Human-computer interaction, Cluster analysis (Statistics), Geographic information systems

Abstract

Task-Technology Fit theory and the Technology Acceptance Model identify system utilization as an important indicator for the performance of complex software systems. Yet, empirical evaluations of user interaction with group decision support systems are scarce and often methodologically underdeveloped. For this study we employed an exploratory evaluation of user interaction in the context of web-based group decision support systems. Specifically, we used information-rich server logs captured through a web-based platform for participatory transportation planning to identify groups of users with similar use patterns. The groups were derived through multiple sequence alignment and hierarchical cluster analysis based on varying user activity measures. Subsequently, we assessed the reliability of the classifications obtained from the two clustering methods. Our results indicate limited reliability of classifications of activity sequences through multiple sequence alignment analysis and robust groupings from hierarchical cluster analysis for user activity initiations and durations. The presented work contributes a novel methodological framework for the evaluation of complex software systems that extends beyond the common approach of soliciting user satisfaction.

Description

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The definitive version published by Elsevier available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2015.07.001.

Copyright 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0.

DOI

10.1016/j.dss.2015.07.001

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15954

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