Appropriating Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Mobile Computing

Computing and Communications

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cs_eprint_id, 1339 cs_uid, 1

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Appropriating Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Mobile Computing. / Dix, Alan; Bertini, E.; Catarci, T. et al.
Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. Information Science Reference, 2007.

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Harvard

Dix, A, Bertini, E, Catarci, T, Gabrielli, S, Kimani, S & Santucci, G 2007, Appropriating Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Mobile Computing. in Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. Information Science Reference.

APA

Dix, A., Bertini, E., Catarci, T., Gabrielli, S., Kimani, S., & Santucci, G. (2007). Appropriating Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Mobile Computing. In Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology Information Science Reference.

Vancouver

Dix A, Bertini E, Catarci T, Gabrielli S, Kimani S, Santucci G. Appropriating Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Mobile Computing. In Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. Information Science Reference. 2007

Author

Dix, Alan ; Bertini, E. ; Catarci, T. et al. / Appropriating Heuristic Evaluation Methods for Mobile Computing. Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. Information Science Reference, 2007.

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