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We have taken the process of software instrumentation, normally used in the creation of profiling and debugging tools, and applied it to the production of usage data for user-computer interaction studies. This paper describes the design and evaluation of a prototype tool called iGuess, that enables an investigator to discover which methods are used within a Java application when particular tasks are carried out, and instrument these to produce usage data. A key feature of the system is that an application can be instrumented without any need for access to the source code. In this paper we describe the system’s functionality, briefly explain how it works and present the results of an early informal evaluation.
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McLeod, I., Evans, H., Gray, P., Mancy, R. (2005). Instrumenting Bytecode for the Production of Usage Data. In: Jacob, R.J., Limbourg, Q., Vanderdonckt, J. (eds) Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces IV. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3304-4_15
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