Why you can't program your VCR, or, predicting errors and performance with production system models of display-based action

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Why you can't program your VCR, or, predicting errors and performance with production system models of display-based action

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems archive
Conference companion on Human factors in computing systems table of contents

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pages: 79 - 80

Year of Publication: 1994

ISBN:0-89791-651-4

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Wayne D. Gray	Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY
Haresh Sabnani	Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY

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SIGCAPH: ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped
SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGGROUP: ACM Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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