Using checksums to detect number entry error

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2403-2406

  Wiseman, Sarah ^a   Cox, Anna L ^a   Brumby, Duncan P ^a   Gould, Sandy J J ^a   O'Carroll, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checksums; Error detection; Number entry; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

CHECKSUMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HOSPITAL WARDS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; NUMBER ENTRY; SAFETY-CRITICAL;

ERROR DETECTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; REDUNDANCY;

ERRORS;

EID: 84878002263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2481332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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