An interdisciplinary heuristic evaluation method for universal building design

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-744

  Afacan, Yasemin ^a   Erbug, Cigdem ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Building design; Cost effectiveness; Heuristic evaluation method; Universal design; Universal usability

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUDGET CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ITERATIVE METHODS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

BUILDING DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; ITERATIVE EVALUATION; ITERATIVE SEQUENCES; UNIVERSAL DESIGN; UNIVERSAL USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION METHODS;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAFETY;

EID: 64049090241     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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