Why the Fitts list has persisted throughout the history of function allocation

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  de Winter, J C F ^a   Dodou, D ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Function allocation; Human machine systems; MABA MABA; The Fitts list

Indexed keywords

CORE ACTIVITY; FUNCTION ALLOCATIONS; HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; INTERPRETABILITY; MABA-MABA; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC THEORIES; THE FITTS LIST;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84893643896     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0188-1     Document Type: Article

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