How to build up an infrastructure for intercultural usability engineering

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 347-358

  Beu, Andreas ^a   Honold, Pia ^b   Yuan, Xiaowei ^c  

^a User Interface Design GmbH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TESTING;

BEIJING , CHINA; GLOBAL ENTERPRISES; NEW JERSEY; OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS; SIEMENS; TEST METHOD;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 23044524009     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327590ijhc1203&4_6     Document Type: Article

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