Intelligent adaptive assistance and its automatic generation

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-68

  Thimbleby, Harold ^a   Addison, Mark ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Help; Human computer interaction; User manuals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOMATIC GENERATION; INTELLIGENT ADAPTIVE ASSISTANCE; USER MANUALS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0030100834     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0953-5438(95)01019-X     Document Type: Article

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