Assessing users mental models in designing complex systems

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 420-425

  Puerta Melguizo, Mari Carmen ^a   Chisalita, Cristina ^a   Van der Veer, Gerrit C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex information systems; DUTCH; Envisioned system; Mental model; Scenario; Teach back; User centered design; UVM

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

MENTAL MODELS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038407591     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1175734     Document Type: Article

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