Design guidelines for effective recommender system interfaces based on a usability criteria conceptual model: Results from a college student population

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-83

  Ozok, A Ant ^a   Fan, Quyin ^a   Norcio, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design guidelines; Electronic commerce; Recommender systems; Usability; User preferences

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DESIGN GUIDELINES; PRODUCT TYPES; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS; RETAIL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; WEB SHOPPING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SALES; STUDENTS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77649313881     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903004012     Document Type: Article

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