A predictive model of human performance with scrolling and hierarchical lists

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-314

  Cockburn, Andy ^a   Gutwin, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; EMAIL MESSAGES; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FORMAL MODEL; HIERARCHICAL LIST; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; ITEM SELECTION; LINEAR MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SYSTEM DESIGNERS; USER PERFORMANCE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 68149149922     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370020902990402     Document Type: Article

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