A submovement analysis of cursor trajectories

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-217

  Hwang, F ^a   Keates, S ^b   Langdon, P ^a   Clarkson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer access; Computer mouse; Cursor control; Disability; Microstructure; Motion impaired; Movement trajectories; Performance measurement; Pointing device; Submovement

Indexed keywords

MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPEED CONTROL; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER ACCESS; COMPUTER MOUSE; CURSOR CONTROL; DISABILITY; MOTION-IMPAIRED; MOVEMENT TRAJECTORIES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; POINTING DEVICE; SUBMOVEMENT;

MOTION COMPENSATION;

EID: 27944447250     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290412331327474     Document Type: Article

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