Genetic algorithm to generate optimized soft keyboard

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1729-1732

  Raynal, Mathieu ^a   Vigouroux, Nadine ^a  

^a IRIT   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Performance; Text entry; Virtual keyboard

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH LANGUAGES; FORMAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE; SOFT KEYBOARD; TEXT ENTRY; VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77950896410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1056808.1057008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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