A case study on integrating contextual information with analytical usability evaluation

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-99

  Blandford, A ^a   Rugg, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACRE; Design; Knowledge elicitation; PUM; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; USER INTERFACES;

PROGRAMMABLE USER MODELING (PUM);

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0036663545     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2002.1013     Document Type: Article

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