A probabilistic approach to modeling two-dimensional pointing

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-459

  Grossman, Tovi ^a   Balakrishnan, Ravin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitts' law; Human performance modeling; Probabilistic models; Two dimensional pointing

Indexed keywords

FITTS' LAW; HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELING; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL POINTING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIZE DETERMINATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 33745182294     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 10730516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1096737.1096741     Document Type: Review

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