Automatic support for usability evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 863-888

  Lecerof, Andreas ^a   Paterno, Fabio ^a  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Formal methods for human computer interaction; Task models; Usability engineering; User interface evaluation; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

TASK MODELS; USABILITY TESTING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0032178696     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.729686     Document Type: Article

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