Fitts’ Law as a Research and Design Tool in Human-Computer Interaction

Human–Computer Interaction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 91-139

  MacKenzie, I Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

FITTS' LAW; FITTS' MODEL; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION (HCI); HUMAN MOVEMENT;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0026681952     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: 15327051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327051hci0701_3     Document Type: Article

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