Human-computer interaction / Alan Dix ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Dix, Alan
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BookPublisher: New York : Prentice Hall, c1993Description: xvi, 570 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0134372115.Subject(s): Human-computer interactionDDC classification: 004.01 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018446 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018447 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This textbook introduces the foundations of human-computer interaction, covering basic psychology and computer technology, models and methods for interface design and applications. It can be used as a text for a course in HCI or as the basis for a curriculum in HCI, with sections of it being taken separately for single course units. Later parts of the book cover more advanced material, but no initial knowledge is assumed. psychological and computer science perspective, which emphasizes the design of interactive systems. The text is supported by worked examples and exercises of varying difficulty and suggested projects.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-557) and index.
Part I: Foundations -- The Human -- The Computer -- The Interaction -- Part II: Design Practice -- Usability Paradigms and Principles -- The Design Process -- Models of the User in Design -- Task Analysis -- Dialogue Notations and Design -- Models of the System -- Implementation Support -- Evaluation Techniques -- Help and Documentation -- Part III: Advanced Topics -- Groupware CSCW Issues and Theory -- Multi-sensory systems.