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The Evaluation of software usability

Dillon, Andrew (2001) The Evaluation of software usability, in Karwowski, Waldemar, Eds. Encyclopedia of Human Factors and Ergonomics, pages (6). London: Taylor and Francis.

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This item is not the definitive copy. Please use the following citation when referencing this material: Dillon, A. (2001) Usability evaluation. In W. Karwowski (ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Factors and Ergonomics, London: Taylor and Francis. Introduction: Usability is a measure of interface quality that refers to the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which users can perform tasks with a tool. Evaluating usability is now considered an essential part of the system development process and a variety of methods and have been developed to support the human factors professional in this work.

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