Search results for: WEBSITE USABILITY

Impact of Usability Website Attributes on Users’ Trust, Satisfaction and Loyalty

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- Social Sciences/ Socialiniai Mokslai - Year 2014

This paper presents the results of an experimental study aimed at identifying possible relationships among website usability characteristics, consumer satisfaction, trust and loyalty. These factors regard not only customer satisfaction in a transactional sense, but in the long term they may affect e-customer behavior, opinions, recommendations and attitudes toward using on-line services in general. The study was performed with...

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Modelling Of Commercial Websites. A New Perspective On Usability And Customer Relation

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- Studia Ekonomiczne. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach - Year 2013

From an economic point of view, a critical aspect of online services is their ability to retain customers. The aim of presented study was the use of a layered model VIPR (Visual - Interaction - Process - Relation ) for commercial services online. The indicator of trust and establishing lasting relationships were assessment achieved from experienced users of commercial online services (n = 207), obtained by means of Web Credibility...

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Optimized Decision Forest for Website Phishing Detection

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A. Balogun
H. Mojeed
K. Adewole
A. Akintola
S. Salihu
A. Bajeh
R. Jimoh
H. A. Mojeed

- Year 2021

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Language of Benefits as a Novel Tool for Improving Website Personalization

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- Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing - Year 2018

A properly designed website allows the user to search for information faster, and more accurately. The information content of the website should be also adapted to the needs of the user. The purpose of this article is to present a novel Language of Benefits (LoB) approach to facilitate the use of websites for individual user groups. The LoB approach is an approach addressed to IT Analysts, to facilitate the process of web design,...

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Ensemble-Based Logistic Model Trees for Website Phishing Detection

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V. Adeyemo
A. Balogun
H. Mojeed
N. Akande
K. Adewole
H. A. Mojeed

- Year 2021

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e-Commerce Websites and the Phenomenon of Dropshipping: Evaluation Criteria and Model

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J. Winiarski
B. Marcinkowski

- Year 2020

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Usability and relational factors in user-perceived quality of online services

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- Studia Ekonomiczne. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach - Year 2013

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key determinants of con-sumer-perceived usability of online service websites and their impact on e-loyalty potential, expressed by customer’s willingness to return and to recommend the website to others. In this experimental usability study fifteen video-recorded users performed specific tasks in financial, travel and health online service websites. After completing the tasks users filled...

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Usability in Poland

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M. Sikorski
K. Marasek

- Year 2011

Rozdział prezentuje przegląd aktualnej aktywności badawczej, dydaktycznej i praktycznej dotyczącej jakości użytkowej (ang. usability) systemów informatycznych. Przegląd dotyczy polskich instytucji akademickich oraz polskiej branży IT według stanu na rok 2009. Zostały kolejno omówione rys historyczny, stan aktualny oraz perspektywy na przyszłość, jak i wiodące polskie instytucje badawcze prowadzące projekty dotyczące jakości użytkowej...

Functional Components Enhancing Clients Attractiveness and Commercial Profitability of Internet Tourist-oriented Commercial Websites

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P. Brudło

- Year 2012

Tourism constitutes an important branch of economy in Mediterranean countries. Great number of people spend or are planning to spend their free time in the Mediterranean area. Extensive rentals of private apartments or houses for individual persons and their families as well as all kinds of services provided for tourists, in result, generate substantial economical incomes. Variety and diversity of offers of private accommodations...

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Usability of UML modeling tools

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- Year 2005

Narzędzia wspomagające modelowanie w UML pełnią istotną rolę w procesie wytwarzania i utrzymania oprogramowania. Badanie użyteczności tych narzędzi ma na celu poprawę produktywności oraz satysfakcji z ich użytkowania. W referacie zaprezentowano badania użyteczności za pomocą trzech metod: eksperymentalnego testowania efektywności, zapytań o aspekty użyteczności testowanych narzędzi oraz analitycznej metody GOMS (ang. Goals, Operators,...

Theoretical Studies on the Structure, Stability, Ability To Undergo Internal Transformations, and Tautomerization, as Well as Reactivity, of H2PPH2 and HPPH3 Molecules

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J. Rak
P. Skurski
A. Liwo
J. B-lazejowski

- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY - Year 1995

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Testing the usability of decisional DNA in robotics

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H. Zhang
C. Sanin
E. Szczerbicki

- Year 2010

W pracy poddano dyskusji i nalizie obszary mozliwych zastowac reprezentacji wiedzy zwanej Decisional DNA w zagadnieniach zwiazanych z robotyka.

Eye-tracking Web Usability Research

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- Year 2016

In this paper we present the results of a study that aims to evaluate the usability of three selected web services, based on eye–tracking and thinking aloud techniques. The gathered comments and observations, recapitulated and supported by particular measures, allow us to discover and describe typical user behavior pertaining to given tasks to solve.

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Usability of Mobile Applications: A Consolidated Model

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P. Weichbroth

- IEEE Access - Year 2024

Mobile devices have become an integral part of the digital ecosystem, connecting people, businesses, and information around the world in ways never before possible. In particular, smartphones, tablets and other handheld devices equipped with mobile applications have changed every aspect of our lives. Today, a user can choose from nearly five million applications available for both Android and iOS operating systems. However, only...

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Human Preference Modelling in Usability of Graphical Interfaces

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J. Grobelny
R. Michalski

- Year 2010

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Usability Testing of Mobile Applications: A Methodological Framework

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P. Weichbroth

- Applied Sciences-Basel - Year 2024

Less than five percent of all mobile applications have become successful throughout 2023. The success of a new mobile application depends on a variety of factors ranging from business understanding, customer value, and perceived quality of use. In this sense, the topic of usability testing of mobile applications is relevant from the point of view of user satisfaction and acceptance. However, the current knowledge seems to be fragmented,...

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Hard lessons learned: delivering usability in IT projects

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- Year 2016

Effective project management requires the development of a realistic plan which aims to ensure the success of the project and ultimately deliver a high quality product to customers. However, experience shows that the majority of software vendors managing projects suffer from numerous problems to provide usability in IT solutions and complete a project in a given time with success. In this paper we discuss, analyze and synthesize...

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Towards Emotion Acquisition in IT Usability Evaluation Context

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A. Landowska

- Year 2015

The paper concerns extension of IT usability studies with automatic analysis of the emotional state of a user. Affect recognition methods and emotion representation models are reviewed and evaluated for applicability in usability testing procedures. Accuracy of emotion recognition, susceptibility to disturbances, independence on human will and interference with usability testing procedures are...

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Usability of mobile applications: a systematic literature study

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P. Weichbroth

- IEEE Access - Year 2020

Since the release of the first mobile devices, the usability of on-board applications has been the concern not only of software vendors but hardware manufacturers as well. The academia community later willingly joined the discussion on usability in terms of theory and empirical measurement, having experience and knowledge in desktop settings. At first sight, such a background should guarantee a solid foundation to conduct research...

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The semi-Markov model of the process of appearance of sea-going ship propupsion system ability and inability states in application to determining the reliablity of these systems

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J. Girtler

- Polish Maritime Research - Year 2013

The article presents possible application of the theory of semi-Markov processes in creating the eight-state model of the process of appearance of the propulsion systems ability and inability states on sea-going vessels performing transportation tasks in a relatively long operating time t (t → ∞). The model has been proved to be able to be successfully used for determining the reliability of the abovementioned systems. The probability...

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Usability attributes revisited: a time-framed knowledge map

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P. Weichbroth

- Year 2018

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Delivering Usability in IT Products: Empirical Lessons from the Field

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P. Weichbroth

- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING - Year 2018

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Usability of calculation methods for saw blade stiffness determination.

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K. Orłowski

- Year 2003

W pracy przedstawiono metodykę wyznaczania sztywności poprzecznej pił określanej na linii zębów. Prezentowana metodyka może być wykorzystywana zarówno do pił trakowych jak i taśmowych. Podano zalecenia wyboru odpowiedniej metody obliczeniowej w zależności od szerokości brzeszczotu piły.

An Empirical Study on the Impact of Gender on Mobile Applications Usability

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P. Weichbroth

- IEEE Access - Year 2022

In the area of broadband wireless Internet, mobile applications have already replaced their desktop equivalents and are recognized as valuable tools for any size of businesses and for private use. With the emergence of millions of apps, the quality of their interaction with the user remains an open question for software vendors. While female and male requirements and preferences are not always similar, to the best of our knowledge,...

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The impact of end-user participation in IT projects on product usability

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K. Redlarski

- Year 2013

Many companies implementing new IT projects encounter numerous problems with ensuring good final product usability. The strong market competition they experience often results in necessity of undertaking difficult decisions with regard to cost minimization. This may force cuts in usability expertise and consulting, most often by limiting end-user participation in the project. However, it may also result in serious consequences...

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User Trust Levels and Their Impact on System Security and Usability

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- Communications in Computer and Information Science - Year 2015

A multilateral trust between a user and a system is considered. First of all we concentrate on user trust levels associated with the context-oriented CoRBAC model. Consequently, there were computed user profiles on the basis of its implementation in the information processing system “My GUT”. Furthermore, analysis of these profiles and the impact of user trust levels on system security and usability have been discussed.

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Usability study of various biometric techniques in bank branches

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- Year 2023

The purpose of the presented research was to evaluate the performance of the prepared biometric algorithms and obtain information on the opinions and preferences of their users in bank branches. The study aimed to determine users' attitudes towards particular modalities and preferences on how to use biometrics after the bank customers had practical experience with the operation of the prototype solutions. The research results...

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Usability and socio-organizational context of on-line services in intranet portals

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M. Sikorski

- Year 2008

Publikacja omawia problemy postrzeganej jakości usług on-line, dostępnych w intranetowych portalach pracowniczych. Zaproponowano poszerzone podejście ocenowe wykraczające poza typową ocenę jakości użytkowej. Poszerzenie to polega na uwzględnieniu w projektowaniu i w ocenie czynników organizacyjnych i ekonomicznych, związanych z budową relacji na linii pracodawca-pracownicy. Zaproponowano również metodykę projektowania portali intranetowych...

Measuring the immeasurable: system usability, user satisfaction, and quality management.

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M. Sikorski

- Year 2003

Zmierzyć niemierzalne: funkcjonalność systemu, satysfakcja użytkownika a zarządzanie jakością.W artykule przedyskutowano możliwości opracowania nowego podejścia badawczego łączącego badania funkcjonalności, badania konsumenckie oraz wybrane techniki zarządzania jakością. Perspektywa badań konsumenckich jest postrzegana jako szczególnie obiecująca w kontekście rozwijającego się rynku produktów interaktywnych oraz dalszego rozwoju...

Usability Techniques Possible to Use in Diagnostic Tools Interface Improvement

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R. Bielski
K. Kufel
M. Bielski
J. Hendra
C. Graul

- Year 2018

The development of diagnostic tools has caused a rapid increase in the amount of information generated and presented, necessitating the use of computer displays as an interface to data presentation and the use of modern diagnostic tools. The paper presents methods for testing usability that can be used in designing and improving the quality of interfaces of modern diagnostic tools that use communication through graphical user interfaces.

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APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF SEMI-MARKOV PROCESSES TO DETERMINE A LIMITING DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCESS OF CHANGES OF ABILITY AND INABILITY STATES OF FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN HEAVY FUEL DIESEL ENGINES

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J. Girtler

- Journal of Polish CIMEEAC - Year 2013

The paper presents applicability of the theory of semi-Markov processes to determine a limiting distribution of the process of changes of technical states of fuel systems for marine engines running on heavy fuel oils. The proposed study of this process includes the components of such fuel systems like: 1 - injectors, 2 - high pressure hoses, 3 - injection pumps, 4 - low pressure hoses, 5 – fine filters, 6 - coarse filters, 7 – fuel-feed...

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Vector and Triangular Representations of Project Estimation Uncertainty: Effect of Gender on Usability

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D. Kuchta
J. Grobelny
R. Michalski
J. Schneider

- Year 2021

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The evaluation of the vibration measurement usability of electronic indicator lemag "premet C"

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J. Rudnicki

- Journal of Polish CIMEEAC - Year 2012

The measuring possibilities of modern compression and combustion pressure analyzers are extended with additional functions. One of them is parallel to the pressure measurement, the measurement of vibrations in the region of the cylinder head. The paper presents a general assessment of the vibration measurement function of the electronic indicator LEMAG "PREMET C". This feature is very rarely offered by manufacturers of these devices....

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Evaluating the Internal and External Usability of Mobile Technologies in Facilitating Knowledge Transfer

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M. Kuciapski
P. Weichbroth

- Year 2021

A worker’s performance and productivity depend on a variety of factors including knowledge, to be essential for self-effectiveness and self-efficacy. In the literature, knowledge transfer is argued to enhance the quality of work, and therefore, its value. When addressing this issue, the latest studies have considered and evaluated the use of mobile technologies, which are evidenced to improve a worker’s capacity and skills. However,...

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Structural Stability of Nonautonomous Systems

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S. Kryzhevich
V. Pliss

- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS - Year 2003

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Stability of selenium diet supplement

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J. Grzechulska-Damszel
A. B. Markowska-Szczupak
A. Morawski

- Polish Journal of Chemical Technology - Year 2018

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Subdivision and damage stability of ships.

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M. Pawłowski

- Year 2004

Pierwszy kompleksowy podręcznik na świecie na poziomie akademickim dotyczący niezatapialności statku w ujęciu probabilistycznym, w którym za miarę bezpieczeństwa statku przyjmuje się prawdopodobieństwo przetrwania kolizji przez statek, zwane wskaźnikiem niezatapialności, względnie wskaźnikiem podziału grodziowego statku. Obejmuje zarówno zagadnienia teoretyczne jak i praktyczne, dając projektantom wykładnię stosowania obowiązujących...

Stabilizing agents and protein stability

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- Acta Biochimica Polonica - Year 2011

Białka są kluczowymi elementami żywych organizmów, jak również efektywnymi katalizatorami w biotechnologii i medycynie. Szybki rozwój wielu gałęzi biotechnologii wiąże się z coraz większym zapotrzebowaniem na produkty białkowe charakteryzujące się wysoką stabilnością. Jednym ze sposobów osiągnięcia większej stabilności białek jest wykorzystanie małych związków organicznych, tzw. osmolitów. Do tej grupy związków należą aminokwasy,...

Viability of decisional DNA in robotics

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C. Sheffer
E. Szczerbicki
C. Sanin

- Procedia Computer Science - Year 2014

The Decisional DNA is an artificial intelligence system that uses prior experiences to shape future decisions. Decisional DNA is written in the Set Of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and is capable of capturing and reusing a broad range of data. Decisional DNA has been implemented in several fields including Alzheimer’s diagnosis, geothermal energy and smart TV. Decisional DNA is well suited to use in robotics due to the...

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Durability evaluation of technical fabrics

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K. Żerdzicki

- Year 2013

A thorough examination of the influence of the conditions of use on the mechanical properties of technical fabrics is proposed. Laboratory experiments (uniaxial tensile, rheological, cyclic and biaxial tensile tests) have been conducted and the material’s parameters for Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations have been identified. Various constitutive models of technical fabrics are investigated and compared. On the basis of these...

Stability Investigation of the PCM Nanocomposites

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- Acta Mechanica et Automatica - Year 2023

Ensuring the stability is a key issue to be solved for the technical application of nanocomposites. In this work, fatty acid P1801 served as base phase change material (PCM)P1801, and its main ingredients are palmitic acid (58%) and stearic acid (38%). Titania (TiO2) and alumina (Al2O3) with mass concentrations of 1% and 5% were selected as nanoparticles, while polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) or oleic acid (OA) with mass concentrations...

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Stability investigation of the PCM nanocomposites

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- Year 2022

In present study was showed the results of research the stability of nanoPCMs in terms of types and concentrations of surfactant used. For stearic acid has been added PVP or oleic acid in concentrations of 0%, 5% and 10%. Nanoparticles TiO2 and Al-2O3 in concentration of 1% were chosen to be researched in this test. The mixing of nanocomposites has been done in an ultrasonic scrubber in which the samples were placed for 45 mins....

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Network society: a concept of smart information management

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- Year 2016

Automatic enhancement of Internet broadcasted news has been recently gaining increasing importance and interest. Existing applications and models of textual Event Detection in online media are based on the analysis of news distributed via RSS (Rich Site Summary called also Really Simple Syndication) channels or available at news websites. It assumes that each piece of news is equally available to the reader and, therefore, describes...