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An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices

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An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices. / Taher, Faisal; Alexander, Jason; Hardy, John et al.
ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. New York: ACM, 2014. p. 195-204.

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Taher, F, Alexander, J, Hardy, J & Velloso, E 2014, An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices. in ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. ACM, New York, pp. 195-204, ITS 2014 - Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Dresden, Germany, 17/11/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2669485.2669515

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Taher, F., Alexander, J., Hardy, J., & Velloso, E. (2014). An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices. In ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (pp. 195-204). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2669485.2669515

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Taher F, Alexander J, Hardy J, Velloso E. An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices. In ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. New York: ACM. 2014. p. 195-204 doi: 10.1145/2669485.2669515

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Taher, Faisal ; Alexander, Jason ; Hardy, John et al. / An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices. ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. New York : ACM, 2014. pp. 195-204

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