Calculators are needlessly bad

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1031-1069

  Thimbleby, Harold ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CALCULATOR; FEATURE INCOHERENCE; FEATURE INTERACTION;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0033683398     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1999.0341     Document Type: Article

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