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  <Title>Multi-Modal-Method: A Design Method for Building Multi-Modal Systems</Title>
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1 Introduction
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    <Paragraph position="0"> 'l'his pa.l&gt;e,r descril&gt;es Multi Moda.l-Mel;hod, a inelho(l for \])uil(ling &lt;gl:itilillia3'-.l)ased nulll.i-inoda\] sysl.eilis.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> The, ilio|,iva.l:iOl\] \])ellii/(t this resea.i:ch is t,l\]a,1, defiliiug such a. iiieLhod is necessa, l'y for buildilig nexl, g.::iiera.l,i(:,n iliterf0..l::es. We believe iillilt, ililOda,l intel:Pa, ce is olie ()f the a, dva, i\]ced inter~ fa.ce l&gt;eyond present gra.phic user iill.erfi~.ces (GUI) such a.s Windows a.nd Ma.cintosh. Although there has h.eell significant i:esea.rch Oil nmli, i inodaJ sys1,ellis (Allga,yer 1989; ('.ohel/ 1,989; Cloheii 199 \[; Ila.yes 1{)87; Kol)sa. 1986; Wa\]llster 1,989), these systenls ha.w ~, been buill, as ta.sk-specifi(&amp;quot; expert systelns, focused oil the a.l&gt;i&gt;lic~d, ion of tim idea.s.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> All,hough a. nuniber of luetliodologies ha.ve been forinulaJ;ed l,o buihl presenl; (\] U Is by sofLwa.re s(:i elil.isl;s a.nd c, onsull;ii\]g firii/s, i, hey a.re not; a.pplic, able t,o inull;i-nioda.l systelll develo\[&gt;inenl,, \])eca.use the underlying principles a.re differenl, between preseul, (:IUI a, nd n\]ull:i-nio(llJ syst, eins. Tilus, we had to develop ()Ill' ow/l de, sign niei, hodof ogy, opi, inilze(l \['or nullt;i-nioda.l sysi, elilS. We used the firs/, gra.i\]n\]ia.l, icaJ \['ra.mewoi:k fol: nnill, i lilodaJ systems, Mull, i-Moda.l I)efinil,e Cla.use (71raJllilia.l&amp;quot; (MM-I)CG) (Shi.m.:,,u 1994). Then, the Muld-ModM-Mei;hod wa.s iliductively defined ba.&lt;wd Oil ,severa,\[ cases of gra, lJmm, r-based multi modal sys tern developnmnt.</Paragraph>
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