The design and evaluation of user interfaces for the RADAR learning personal assistant

AI Magazine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 74-84

  Faulring, Andrew ^a   Mohnkern, Ken ^b   Steinfeld, Aaron ^c,d   Myers, Brad A ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b Buzzhoney   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation (RERC APT)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RADAR;

AI TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; E-MAIL OVERLOAD; INTERACTION DESIGN; MIXED-INITIATIVE USER INTERFACE; NOVICE USER; OFFICE WORKERS; PERSONAL ASSISTANTS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77951099313     PISSN: 07384602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1609/aimag.v30i4.2265     Document Type: Article

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