Human Comfort and Security of Information Systems

Kadamula Varghese

• 20 maart 1997
• 9783540620679

Samenvatting:

The work, sponsored by the Human Comfort & Security sub-domain of the ESPRIT programme, has a central part to play in the creation of the Information Society, lying as it does at the interface between the technology and the user.



This volume contains the latest accounts of research supported by the European Commission in human-computer interaction and presented at a workshop on Human Comfort and Security in October 1995. Topics of the papers include: removing usability barrier, user centered approach to design, innovative user interface design, virtual reality, intelligent help and decision support. A wide variety of applications relevant for the information society are presented, such as railway travel information, automated telephone banking, intelligent help systems, integrated systems for handling environmental emergencies, 3D human motion simulators, etc. The book gives particular emphasis to making the access and use of information systems easy and comfortable for the users.