Designing an interactive decision explorer

Information Design Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 252-260

  Wright, Patricia ^a   John, Christopher ^a   Belt, Steve ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision aids; Interface; Iterative design; Lifestyle; Pilot testing; Risk; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051506328     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.11.2.22wri     Document Type: Article

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