Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Bioinformatics Tools

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 2003-2010

  Al Ageel, Naelah ^a   Al Wabil, Areej ^a   Badr, Ghada ^b   AlOmar, Noura ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics tools; Heuristics evaluation; Human factors; Usability metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009982192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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