Psychomotor performance of input device users and optimized cursor control

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 742-746

  Sutter, Christine ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

INPUT DEVICE USERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZED SUBMOVEMENT (SOS) MODEL;

INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 36549086599     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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