A set of heuristic measurements for evaluating the inclusiveness of a technology

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 241, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-48

  Pitula, K ^a   Radhakrishnan, T ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RURAL AREAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EVALUATING SOFTWARE; HIGH LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; REAL WORLD PROJECTS; SYSTEMATIC PROCESS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 36448978549     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73697-6_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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