Design and implementation of a toolkit for usability testing of mobile apps

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-97

  Ma, Xiaoxiao ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Chen, Guanling ^b   Zhang, Chunhui ^a   Huang, Ke ^a   Drury, Jill ^a   Wang, Linzhang ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automated; Logging method; Mobile application; Toolkit; Usability testing

Indexed keywords

MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING; MOBILE COMPUTING; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOMATED; LOGGING METHODS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; TOOLKIT; USABILITY TESTING;

ANDROID (OPERATING SYSTEM);

EID: 84878483090     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-012-0421-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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