Methodology for usability evaluation of corporate memory design reuse systems

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 377-389

  Demian, Peter ^a   Fruchter, Renate ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer applications; Design; Human factors; Methodology; Tests

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE MEMORY; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES; HUMAN FACTORS; INTERNAL REUSE PROCESS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750133837     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2006)20:6(377)     Document Type: Article

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