Planning and the user interface: The effects of lockout time and error recovery cost

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-59

  O'Hara, Kenton P ^a,b   Payne, Stephen J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; USER INTERFACES;

ERROR RECOVERY COST; SYSTEM LOCKOUT DELAY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0032804365     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1998.0234     Document Type: Article

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