Understanding usability: Investigating an integrated design environment and management system

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-175

  Chong Lee, Jason ^a   Wahid, Shahtab ^a   Mccrickard, D Scott ^a   Chewar, C M ^b   Congleton, Ben ^c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Knowledge management; Man machine interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993046496     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415650780000326     Document Type: Article

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