Comparison of a performance test battery implemented on different hardware and software: Apts versus delta

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1005-1016

  Kennedy, Robert S ^a   Dunlap, William P ^b   Ritter, Alysia D ^c   Chavez, Ligia M ^b  

^a Essex Corporation   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Hardware; Performance test battery; Software

Indexed keywords

BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE TEST SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE TEST BATTERY; TURBOC;

COMPUTER TESTING;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030222277     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964524     Document Type: Article

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