A Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm for User Interface Layout Design in Complex Human-computer Interaction System

The layout design of user interface (UI) is a key issue in making a better human-computer interaction system for complex system such as spacecraft or vehicles, which directly affects the information level, tactical performance and operational efficiency. Firstly, this study builds a model for the layout design of UI which concerns the importance and use frequency of the layout components. Then, an improved bacterial foraging optimization algorithm is proposed to solve the layout optimization problems, which include the process of chemotaxis, replicates and migration. The preliminary results showed the feasibility of the proposed method.