Designing tailorable software systems with the users' participation

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-227

  Neris, Vânia Paula de Almeida ^a   Baranauskas, M Cecília C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexible systems; Norms; Participatory design; Tailoring; User interface design

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SYSTEM; NORMS; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; TAILORING; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84866160804     PISSN: 01046500     EISSN: 16784804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13173-012-0070-x     Document Type: Article

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