Usability evaluation of mobile applications using ISO 9241 and ISO 25062 standards

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Moumane, Karima ^a   Idri, Ali ^a   Abran, Alain ^b  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ISO 25062; ISO 9241; Mobile usability evaluation; Software measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964771111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2171-z     Document Type: Article

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