This book provides a semiotic analysis of computer programs along three axes: models of signs, kinds of signs, and systems of signs. Since computer programs are well defined and rigid, applying semiotic theories to them will help to reorganize the semiotic theories themselves. Moreover, semiotic discussion of programming theory can provide possible explanations for why programming has developed...

We present an approach to agent modeling of socio-technical organizations based on the principles of semiotics. After reviewing complex systems theory and traditional Artificial Life (ALife) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches to agent-based modeling, we introduce the fundamental principles of semiotic agents as decision-making entities embedded in artificial environments and exchanging...

in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Semiotic Engineering Methods for Scientific Research in HCI. Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza. order to produce usable concepts, models and methods for the benefit of non-. research projects at the intersection between semiotics and HCI. In order to be of any scientific value, semiotic engineering must provide. www2.serg.inf.puc-rio...

In this paper, we discuss the process of analysis and design of a user interface to support dialogue and negotiation between players of participatory simulations. The underlying context is an interdisciplinary project, named SimParc [8], about participatory management of protected areas for biodiversity conservation and social inclusion. This project is inspired by the ComMod MAS/RPG approach [...

Evaluating cross-platform systems is challenging due to the different constraints and capabilities of each platform. In this paper we extend the Semiotic Inspection Method (SIM), a Semiotic Engineering evaluation method, to evaluate cross-platform systems. We introduce the term cross-communicability to denote the quality of the meta-communication of the system as whole, taking into account the ...

The paper considers the principles and basic stages of decomposing georeferenced documents oriented to the problems of markup and semantic search. The paper justifies the necessity to develop a multimodal semiotic system and discusses verbal-visual knowledge representation in digital libraries. To represent knowledge, verbal-visual thesaurus is proposed. The thesaurus includes verbal, verbal-vi...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Semiotic approach to forming of Theory of Computer Visualization. Such theory (or rather theories) should be the foundation of design, development, and evaluations of specialized visualization systems. The semiotic analysis of visualization is defined. The paper contains the scheme of the semiotics analysis during designing of visualization systems. T...

Information visualization design is generally ad hoc, using trial and error, and perhaps drawing on experience with prior visualization systems. This paper suggests a di erent approach: general design principles based on a combination of algebraic abstract data type theory, semiotics, and social theory. Major concepts include semiotic spaces to describe systems of related signs, semiotic morphi...