A heuristic-based approach to optimize keyboard design for single-finger keying applications

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 695-704

  Li, Yanzhi ^a   Chen, Lijuan ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dvorak; FITALY; Fitts law; Gaze control; Keyboard design; Metropolis; Pointer based control; QWERTY

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DVORAK; FITALY; FITTS LAW; GAZE-CONTROL; KEYBOARD DESIGN; METROPOLIS; POINTER-BASED CONTROL; QWERTY;

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KEYBOARD; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33746310401     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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