A cross cultural study on knowledge representation and structure in human computer interfaces

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-129

  Rau, Pei Luen Patrick ^a   Choong, Yee Yin ^b   Salvendy, Gavriel ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Global EXchange Services   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural effects; Interface structure; Knowledge representation; User interface design

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; ONLINE SEARCHING;

CHINESE USERS; INTERFACE STRUCTURE; THEMATIC STRUCTURE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; THINKING;

EID: 2942582413     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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