Choosing between methods: Analysing the user's decision space in terms of schemas and linear models

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn Part F130202, Issue , 1988, Pages 139-143

  Young, Richard M ^a,b   MacLean, Allan ^a,b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge EuroPARC ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate models; Data entry; Heuristics; Linear models; Method choice; User models; User preferences

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

APPROXIMATE MODEL; HEURISTICS; METHOD CHOICE; USER MODELS; USER PREFERENCES;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 84948874947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/57167.57190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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