Cognitive dimensions of notations: Design tools for cognitive technology

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2117, Issue , 2001, Pages 325-341

  Blackwell, A F ^a   Britton, C ^b   Cox, A ^b   Green, T R G ^c   Gurr, C ^d   Kadoda, G ^e   Kutar, M S ^b   Loomes, M ^b   Nehaniv, C L ^b   Petre, M ^f   Roast, C ^g   Roe, C ^h   Wong, A ^h   Young, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS; COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS OF NOTATIONS; DESIGN OPTION; DESIGN TOOL; NOTATIONAL SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84943253914     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44617-6_31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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