Structured task analysis: An instantiation of the MUSE method for usability engineering

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-50

  Lim, Kee Yong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Structured analysis and design method; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

TASK ANALYSIS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0030103640     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0953-5438(95)01017-3     Document Type: Article

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