Computer Analysis of User Interfaces Based on Repetition in Transcripts of User Sessions

ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 309-335

  Siochi, Antonio C ^a   Ehrich, Roger W ^b  

^a Christopher Newport Unviersity PCSE Department   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84976752189     PISSN: 10468188     EISSN: 15582868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/119311.119312     Document Type: Article

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