User interface design for public kiosks: An evaluation of the taiwan high speed rail ticket vending machine

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 307-321

  Sandnes, Frode Eika ^a   Jian, Hua L I ^b   Huang, Y O Ping ^b   Huang, Yueh Min ^c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Public kiosk; Ticket vending machine; Touch sensitive display; User interface

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROBLEMS; HUMAN ERRORS; LOW HARDWARE COSTS; PUBLIC INFORMATION; PUBLIC KIOSK; RESEARCH RESULTS; STAFFING COSTS; TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAILS; TICKET VENDING MACHINE; TICKET VENDING MACHINES; USER EXPERIENCE; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS; USER TRAINING; ZERO-TOLERANCE;

MACHINE DESIGN; USER INTERFACES; VENDING MACHINES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77249142354     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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