Two psychology-based usability inspection techniques studied in a diary experiment

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 82, Issue , 2004, Pages 3-12

  Hornbæk, Kasper ^a   Frøkjær, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive walkthrough; Individual differences; Inspection techniques; Metaphors of human thinking; Psychology; Usability evaluation techniques

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE WALKTHROUGH; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INSPECTION TECHNIQUE; METAPHORS OF HUMAN THINKING; USABILITY EVALUATION TECHNIQUE;

INSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77952970026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028014.1028016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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