Testing the usability of a personalized system: Comparing the use of interviews, questionnaires and thinking-aloud

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Velsen, Lex ^a   Van Der Geest, Thea ^a   Klaassen, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internet searching; Personalization; Usability testing

Indexed keywords

INTERNET SEARCHING; PERSONALIZATION; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; USABILITY TESTING;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 51149093676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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