Specifying ACT-R models of user interaction with a GOMS language

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 71-88

  Amant, Robert St ^a   Freed, Andrew R ^c   Ritter, Frank E ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT R; Cognitive models; GOMS; Search

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

COGNITIVE MODELS; GOMS LANGUAGE; VISUAL SEARCH STRATEGIES;

FORMAL LANGUAGES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 8844227348     PISSN: 13890417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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