Adaptive interfaces support the performance of human operators by providing the appropriate aid, information or functionality at any point in operation. This study presents an experimental evaluation of an adaptive interface. Comparing an adaptive interface to a non-adaptive one for the same process through experimentation can reveal its relative weaknesses and strengths. A sample simulation environment that controls a thermal-hydraulic process is used for this study. Using four performance criteria, the adaptive interface performed significantly better than the non-adaptive one.
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