A model for notification systems evaluation-assessing user goals for multitasking activity

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-338

  McCrickard, D Scott ^a   Chewar, C M ^a   Somervell, Jacob P ^a   Ndiwalana, All ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims reuse; Design model; Peripheral systems; Usability

Indexed keywords

CLAIMS REUSE; DESIGN MODELS; PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS; USABILITY EVALUATION METHODS (UEM);

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; MULTITASKING; USER INTERFACES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 3042734130     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/966930.966933     Document Type: Article

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