Usability of planning support systems: An evaluation framework

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 337-353

  Russo, Patrizia ^a   Costabile, Maria Francesca ^b   Lanzilotti, Rosa ^b   Pettit, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPUTER BASED TOOLS; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; LAND SUITABILITY; PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEMS; USABILITY EVALUATION; USER EXPERIENCE; USER TESTS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84937485425     PISSN: 18632351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-18368-8_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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