User interaction modeling and profile extraction in interactive systems : a groupware application case study

Abstract A relevant goal in human-computer interaction is to produce applications that are easy to use and well-adjusted to their users' needs. To address this problem it is important to know how users interact with the system. This work constitutes a methodological contribution capable of identifying the context of use in which users perform interactions with a groupware application (synchronous or asynchronous) and provides, using machine learning techniques, generative models of how users behave. Additionally, these models are transformed into a text that describes in natural language the main characteristics of the interaction of the users with the system.This work was partially supported by project PAC::LFO (MTM2014-55262-P) of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Spain. We are grateful to the referees for their constructive input