Formal reasoning about dialogue properties with automatic support

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-196

  Paterno', Fabio ^a  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dialogue model checking; Formal methods for HCI; User interface properties

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LOGIC; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THEOREM PROVING;

DIALOGUE MODEL CHECKING; FORMAL REASONING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0031245606     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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