Voting on a smartphone: Evaluating the usability of an optimized voting system for handheld mobile devices

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1100-1104

  Campbell, Bryan A ^a   Tossell, Chad C ^a   Byrne, Michael D ^a   Kortum, Philip ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; HANDHELD MOBILE DEVICES; INTERACTION TIME; PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES; REMOTE PARTICIPATION; SMARTPHONES; VOTING METHOD; VOTING SYSTEMS; VOTING TECHNOLOGY;

ERGONOMICS; MOBILE DEVICES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

VOTING MACHINES;

EID: 81855186032     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181311551230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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