Task complexity, problem structure and information actions. Integrating studies on information seeking and retrieval

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 819-837

  Vakkari, Pertti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INFORMATION SEARCH STRATEGIES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0033225680     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(99)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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