Title :
Applying usability engineering methodology to building a search agent for Web applications
Author :
Chatterjee, Mousumi ; Grice, Roger A. ; Adali, Sibel
Author_Institution :
Human-Comput. Interaction, Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
Search agents can improve users´ perceptions of how effective and efficient database retrieval is. In connection with an on-going project for community interaction, a search agent was designed with a strong theoretical basis and tested for effectiveness with the community of users.
Keywords :
Internet; database management systems; software reusability; Web application; database retrieval; search agent; usability engineering; Application software; Computer science; Databases; ISO; Information retrieval; Information technology; Particle measurements; Testing; Usability; User centered design;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2003. IPCC 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7949-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2003.1245481
