Comparative usability evaluation (CUE-4)

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-281

  Molich, Rolf ^a   Dumas, Joseph S ^b  

^a DialogDesign ^*  (Denmark)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Expert review; Heuristic inspection; Usability evaluation methods; Usability testing; User interface inspection

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

APPLIED (CO); CRITICAL PROBLEMS; FALSE ALARMS (FA); NEW YORK (CO); PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY MEASURES; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY TESTING; WEB SITE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 46149096751     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290600959062     Document Type: Article

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