Optimum information transfer rates for communication through haptic and other sensory modalities

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-108

  Tan, Hong Z ^a   Reed, Charlotte M ^b   Durlach, Nathaniel I ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; human performance; information transfer rate; mobile device

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DEVICE; DESIGNING COMPLEX; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; RULE OF THUMB; SENSORY MODALITY;

COMMUNICATION; MOBILE DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROSTHETICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77954316344     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2009.46     Document Type: Article

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