Ecological Interface Design: Theoretical Foundations

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 589-606

  Vicente, Kim J ^a   Rasmussen, Jens ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS - COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE-BASED BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING; RULE-BASED BEHAVIOR; SKILL-BASED BEHAVIOR;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0026891326     PISSN: 00189472     EISSN: 21682909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/21.156574     Document Type: Article

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