CHIL Publications
CHIL@Rice

In Press

2012

Goggin, S. N., Byrne, M. D., & Gilbert, J. (2012). Post-election auditing: Effects of procedure and ballot type on manual counting accuracy, efficiency, and auditor satisfaction and confidence. Election Law Journal, 11, 36-51. [PDF]

2011

Zemla, J. C., Ustun, V., Byrne, M. D., Kirlik, A., Riddle, K., & Alexander, A. L. (2011). An ACT-R model of commercial jetliner taxiing. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting, (pp. 831-835). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Howie, N., Purkayastha, N. S., Byrne, M. D., & O'Malley, K. M. (2011). Motor Skill Acquisition in a Virtual Gaming Environment. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Campbell, B. A., Tossell, C. C., Byrne, M. D., & Kortum, P. (2011). Voting on a Smartphone: Evaluating the Usability of an Optimized Voting System for Handheld Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting (pp. 1100-1104). Las Vegas, NV: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Piner, G. E., & Byrne, M. D. (2011). The Experience of Accessible Voting: Results of a Survey among Legally-Blind Users. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting. [PDF]

Piner, G. E., & Byrne, M. D. (2011). Accessible Polling Places for the Visually Impaired: A Compilation of Survey Results. In Proceedings of the 2011 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE). [PDF]

Byrne, M. D., Zemla, J. C., Kirlik, A., Riddle, K., ∓ Alexander, A. L. (2011). A human performance model of jetliner taxiing. In Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (pp. 209-214). May. Dayton, OH. [PDF]

2010

Byrne, M. D., O'Malley, M. K., Gallagher, M. A., Purkayastha, S. H., Howie, N., & Huegel, J. C. (2010). A Preliminary ACT-R model of a continuous motor task. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53nd Annual Meeting (pp. 1037-1041). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Piner, G. E., & Byrne, M. D. (2010). Baseline usability data for a non-electronic approach to accessible voting. In Proceedings of the 2010 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE). [PDF]

Purkayastha, S. N., Eckenstein, N., Byrne, M. D., O'Malley, M. (2010) Analysis and comparison of low cost gaming controllers for motion analysis. Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Montreal, CA, July 6-9, 6 pages.

Greene, K. K. (2010). Effects of Multiple Races and Header Highlighting on Undervotes in the 2006 Sarasota General Election: A Usability Study and Cognitive Modeling Assessment. Doctoral dissertation, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

2009

Gunzelmann, G., Byrne, M. D., Gluck, K. A., & Moore, L. R. (2009). Using computational cognitive modeling to predict dual-task performance with sleep deprivation. Human Factors, 51, 251-260.

Byrne, M. D., & Pew, R. W. (2009). A history and primer of human performance modeling. In F. Durso (Ed.) Reviews of human factors and ergonomics, vol 5 (pp. 225-263). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Campbell, B. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2009). Straight party voting: What do voters think? IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 4(4), 718-728. [PDF]

Campbell, B. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2009). Now do voters notice review screen anomalies? A look at voting system usability. Proceedings of the 2009 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '09). [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P. II. (2009). A computational model of routine procedural memory. Doctoral dissertation, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF, 1.6 MB] Experiment Software [zip archive] ACT-R Model [zip archive]

Stanley, C. (2009). Visual displays; developing a computational model explaining the global effect. Master's thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

2008

Stanley, C. & Byrne, M. (2008). Processes influencing visual search efficiency in conjunctive search; a rational analysis approach. ACT-R Summer Workshop. Pittsburg, PA. [PDF]

Stanley, C., Byrne, M., & Ramos, K. (2008). Effects of frequency sorting; towards finding optimal organizations of hierarchical file structures. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting (pp. 945–950). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Campbell, B. A., O'Brien, K. R., Byrne, M. D., & Bachman, B. J. (2008). Fitts' Law Predictions with an Alternative Point Device (Wiimote®). In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting (pp. 1321 – 1325). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D. (2008). Preventing postcompletion errors: How much cue is enough? In Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 351-356). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. [PDF]

Stein, R. M., Vonnahme, G., Byrne, M. D., & Wallach, D. (2008). Voting technology, election administration, and voter performance. Election Law Journal, 7, 123-135. [PDF]

Chung, P. H., & Byrne, M. D. (2008). Cue effectiveness in mitigating postcompletion errors in a routine procedural task. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66, 217-232. [PDF]

Goggin, S. N., Byrne, M. D., Gilbert, J. E., Rogers, G., & McClendon, J. (2008). Comparing the auditability of optical scan, voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) and video (VVVAT) ballot systems. Proceedings of the 2008 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop. [PDF]

Goggin, S. N. (2008). Usability of election technologies: Effects of political motivation and instruction use. The Rice Cultivator: A Student Journal of Public Policy Research, 1, 30-45. [PDF]

Greene, K. K. (2008). Usability of New Electronic Voting Systems and Traditional Methods: Comparisons Between Sequential and Direct Access Electronic Voting Interfaces, Paper Ballots, Punch Cards, and Lever Machines. Master's Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P., II, Chung, P. H, & Byrne, M. D. (2008). Where no interface has gone before: What can the phaser tell us about label usage in HCI? CHI 2008 Extended Abstracts. [PDF]

Everett, S. P., Greene, K. K., Byrne, M. D., Wallach, D. S., Derr, K., Sandler, D., & Torous, T. (2008). Electronic voting machines versus traditional methods: Improved preference, similar performance. Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of CHI 2008 (pp. 883-892). New York: ACM. [PDF]

Foyle, D. C., Hooey, B. L., Byrne, M. D., Kirlik, A., Lebiere, C., Archer, R., Corker, K. M., Deutsch, S. E., Pew, R. W., Wickens, C. D., & McCarley, J. S. (2008). Human performance modeling: Virtual roundtable discussion. In D. C. Foyle & B. L. Hooey (Eds.) Human performance modeling in aviation (pp. 285–320). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Byrne, M. D., Kirlik, A., & Fleetwood, M. D. (2008). An ACT-R approach to closing the loop on computational cognitive modeling: Describing the dynamics of interactive decision making and attention allocation. In D. C. Foyle & B. L. Hooey (Eds.) Human performance modeling in aviation (pp. 77–104). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Leiden, K., Byrne, M. D., Corker, K. M., Deutsch, S. E., Lebiere, C., & Wickens, C. D. (2008). Overview of human performance modeling tools. In D. C. Foyle & B. L. Hooey (Eds.) Human performance modeling in aviation (pp. 67–76). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

2007

Tsai, J., & Byrne, M. D. (2007). Evaluating systematic error predictions in a routine procedural task. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting (pp. 817–821). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D. (2007). Cognitive architectures. In A. Sears & J. Jacko (Eds.), The human-computer interaction handbook (2nd ed.), pp. 93–113. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Tamborello, F. P., II, & Byrne, M. D. (2007). Adaptive but Non-Optimal Visual Search Behavior in Highlighted Displays. Cognitive Systems Research, 8 (3), 182–191. [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P., II, & Byrne, M. D. (2007). Fast Learning in a Simple Probabilistic Visual Environment: A Comparison of ACT-R’s Old PG-C and New Reinforcement Learning Algorithms. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. [PDF]

Fick, C. S. (2007). Flying Under the Radar: Studying Inattentional Blindness in a Dynamic Task. Doctoral dissertation, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Goggin, S. N. & Byrne, M. D. (2007). An examination of the auditability of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) ballots. Proceedings of the 2007 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop. [PDF]

Everett, S. P. (2007). The Usability of Electronic Voting Machines and How Votes Can Be Changed Without Detection. Doctoral disseration, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D. (2007). Local theories vs. comprehensive architectures: The cognitive science jigsaw puzzle. In W. Gray (Ed.) Integrated models of cognitive systems (pp. 431–444). New York: Oxford University Press.

Byrne, M. D., Greene, K. K., & Everett, S. P. (2007). Usability of voting systems: Baseline data for paper, punch cards, and lever machines. Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of CHI 2007, (pp. 171–180). New York: ACM. [PDF]

2006

Chung, P. H. (2006). Changing the Interface with Minimal Disruption: The Roles of Layout and Labels. Doctoral dissertation, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P., II, Peres, S. C., & Fleetwood, M. D. (2006). A peer-mediated leap to efficiency: A theory of cost-benefit analysis in the selection of efficient strategies Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting.

Byrne, M. D., & Davis, E. M. (2006). Task structure and postcompletion error in the execution of a routine procedure. Human Factors, 48, 627-638. [PDF]

Martin, R. C., & Byrne, M. D. (2006). Why opening a door is as easy as eating an apple: A reply to Thompson-Schill & Botvinick (2006). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 402–408. [PDF]

Fleetwood, M. D., & Byrne, M. D. (2006). Modeling the visual search of displays: A revised ACT-R model of icon search based on eye tracking data. Human-Computer Interaction, 21, 153-198. [PDF]

Greene, K. K., Byrne, M. D., & Everett, S. P. (2006). A comparison of usability between voting methods. Proceedings of the 2006 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop. [PDF]

Everett, S. P., Byrne, M. D., & Greene, K. K. (2006). Measuring the usability of paper ballots: Efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, (pp. 2547-2551). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P., & Byrne, M. D. (2006). Adaptive but non-optimal visual search behavior in highlighted displays. In D. Fum, F. Del Missier, & A. Stocco (Eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 316-321). Trieste, Italy: Edizioni Goliardiche. [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P. (2006). Visual Displays: The Continuing Investigations of the Highlighting Paradox. Master's thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D., Kirlik, A., & Fick, C. S. (2006). Kilograms matter: Rational analysis, ecological rationality, and computational cognitive modeling of dynamic system control. In A. Kirlik (Ed.) Adaptive perspectives on human-technology interaction: Models and methods for cognitive engineering and human-computer interaction (pp 267-284). New York: Oxford University Press. [link]

Byrne, M. (2006). The cafeteria deep fryer is not a toy. In A. Brown & C. Logan (Eds.) D’oh!: The psychology of the Simpsons (pp. 95-106). Dallas, TX: BenBella Books. [link]

2005

Foyle, D. C., Hooey, B. L., Byrne, M. D., Corker, K. M., Deutsch, S., Lebiere, C., Leiden, K., & Wickens, C. (2005). Human performance models of pilot behavior. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting (pp. 1109-1113). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Anderson, J. R., Taatgen, N. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2005). Learning to achieve perfect time sharing: Architectural implications of Hazeltine, Teague, & Ivry (2002). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31, 749-761. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D. (2005). Cognitive architectures in HCI: Present work and future directions. In Proceedings of Human-Computer International 2005. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [PDF]

Fotta, M. E., Byrne, M. D., & Luther, M. S. (2005). Developing a human error modeling architecture (HEMA). In Proceedings of Human-Computer International 2005. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D., & Kirlik, A. (2005). Using computational cognitive modeling to diagnose possible sources of aviation error. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 15, 135-155. [PDF]

Fleetwood, M. D. (2005). Refining Theoretical Models of Visual Sampling in Supervisory Control Tasks: Examining the Influence of Alarm Frequency, Effort, Value, and Salience. Doctoral disseration, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Peres, S. C., Fleetwood, M. D., Tamborello, F. P., II, Yang, M. (2005). The Pros and Cons of Efficiency: Predicting the Use of the Keyboard to Issue Commands. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting. [PDF]

Tamborello, F. P., II, & Byrne, M. D. (2005). Information search: The intersection of visual and semantic space. CHI 2005 Extended Abstracts, 1821-1824. [PDF] Experiment Software [zip archive]

Byrne, M. (2005). Beware of the leopard. G. Yeffeth, (Ed.) The anthology at the end of the universe (pp. 1-10) . Dallas, TX: BenBella Books. [link]

2004

Anderson, J. R., Bothell, D., Byrne, M. D., Douglass, S., Lebiere, C., & Quin, Y. (2004). An integrated theory of the mind. Psychological Review, 111, 1036-1060. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D., Kirlik, A., Fleetwood, M. D., Huss, D. G., Kosorukoff, A., Lin, R., & Fick, C. S. (2004). A closed-loop, ACT-R approach to modeling approach and landing with and without synthetic vision system (SVS) technology. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting (pp. 2111-2115). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D., Maurier, D., Fick, C. S., & Chung, P. H. (2004). Routine procedural isomorphs and cognitive control structures. In C. D. Schunn, M. C. Lovett, C. Lebiere & P. Munro (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 52-57). [PDF]

Chung, P. H. (2004). Visual Cues to Reduce Error in Computer-based Routine Procedural Tasks. Master's Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Chung, P. H., & Byrne, M. D. (2004). Visual cues to reduce errors in a routine procedural task. Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. [PDF]

Everett, S. P., & Byrne, M. D. (2004). Unintended effects: Varying icon spacing changes users' visual search strategy. Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of CHI 2004 (pp. 695-702). New York: ACM. [PDF]

Fleetwood, M. D. (2004). An analysis of two (or three) models of visual sampling [Abstract]. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF]

Fleetwood, M. D. & Fick, C. S. (2004). Input rates for a One-Handed Input Device (OHAI) for Chinese text entry. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Peres, C., Tamborello, F. P., II, Fleetwood, M. D., Smith Paige, D., Chung, P. (2004). Keyboard Shortcut Usage: The Roles of Social Factors and Computer Experience. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

 

2003

Katz, M. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2003). Effects of scent and breadth on use of site-specific search on e-commerce Web sites. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction,10, 198-220. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D., & Gray, W. D. (2003). Returning human factors to an engineering discipline: Expanding the science base through a new generation of quantitative methods—preface to the special section. Human Factors, 45, 1-4. [PDF]

Byrne, M. D. (2003). A mechanism-based framework for predicting routine procedural errors. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.)Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Byrne, M. D. (2003). Cognitive architecture. J. Jacko & A. Sears (Eds.), The human-computer interaction handbook: Fundamentals, evolving technologies, and emerging applications (pp 97-117). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Byrne, M. D., & Kirlik, A. (2003). Integrated Modeling of Cognition and the Information Environment: A Closed-Loop, ACT-R Approach to Modeling Approach and Landing With and Without Synthetic Vision System (SVS) Technology. Technical Report AHFD-03-4/NASA-03-3. Savoy, IL: Aviation Human Factors Division, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Huss, D. G., & Byrne, M. D. (2003). An ACT-R/PM model of the articulatory loop. In F. Detje, D. Dörner, & H. Schaub (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 135-140). Bamberg, Germany: Universitas-Verlag Bamberg.

Fick, C. S., & Byrne, M. D. (2003) Capture of visual attention by abrupt onsets: A model of contingent orienting. In F. Detje, D. Dörner, & H. Schaub (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 81-86). Bamberg, Germany: Universitas-Verlag Bamberg.

Fick, C., (2003) Attention Capture by Visual Onsets and the Mediating Power of Attentional Set. (Masters Thesis).

Fleetwood, M. D. & Byrne, M. D. (2003).Modeling the visual search of displays: A revised ACT-R/PM model of icon search based on eye-tracking and experimental data. In F. Detje, D. Dörner, & H. Schaub (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 87-92). Bamberg, Germany: Universitas-Verlag Bamberg.

2002

Byrne, M. D., & Kirlik, A. (2002). Integrated modeling of cognition and the information environment: Closed-loop, ACT-R modeling of aviation taxi errors and performance. Technical report AHFD-02-19/NASA-02-10. Savoy, IL: Aviation Human Factors Division, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Byrne, M. D. (2002). Reading vertical text: Rotated vs. marquee. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting (pp. 1633-1635). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Fleetwood, M. D. (2002). Computational Modeling of Icon Search. Master's Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Fleetwood, M. D., Byrne, M. D., Centgraf, P., Dudziak, K., Lin, B., & Mogilev, D. (2002). An analysis of text-entry in Palm OS: Graffiti and the Virtual Keyboard. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting (pp. 617-621). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Fleetwood, M. D., Fick, C., Laughery, K. & Paige, D. (2002). An analysis of telephone messages: Minimizing unproductive replay time. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting (pp. 597-601). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Fleetwood, M. D. & Byrne, M. D. (2002) Modeling icon search in ACT-R/PM. Cognitive Systems Research, 3, 25-33

2001

Byrne, M. D., & Anderson, J. R. (2001). Serial modules in parallel: The psychological refractory period and perfect time-sharing. Psychological Review, 108, 847-869.

Byrne, M. D., (2001). ACT-R/PM and menu selection: Applying a cognitive architecture to HCI. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 55, 41-84.

Fleetwood, M. D., & Byrne, M. D. (2001). Modeling icon search in ACT-R/PM. In E. M. Altmann, A. Cleermans, C. D. Schunn, & W. D. Gray (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (17–22). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Katz, M. A. (2001). Searching and Browsing on E-commerce Sites: Frequency, Efficiency and Rationale. Doctoral disseration, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Serig, E. M. (2001). Evaluating Organizational Response to a Cognitive Problem: A Human Factors Approach. Doctoral dissertation, Rice University, Houston, TX.

2000

Byrne, M. D. (2000). Are retrievals from long-term memory interruptible? In L. R. Gleitman & A. K. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 71-76. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


Please see Mike Byrne's publications page for more information about his publications, particularly those that predate the above.

Also, reprints for publications that do not have links to PDF files are generally available upon request; please contact the first author of the publication in question.

 

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