An information theory-based approach for quantitative evaluation of user interface complexity

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 3, 1998, Pages 3165-3174

  Kang, Hyun G ^a   Seong, Poong H ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complexity evaluation; Entropy based measure; Human performance; User interface

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION THEORY; JOB ANALYSIS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

COMPLEXITY EVALUATION; TASK-TO-ACTION MODEL;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0032309699     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.736195     Document Type: Article

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