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Lecture 12 Methodology for Information Systems: System Design, Usability, and Evaluation

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Holzinger, A. (2014). Lecture 12 Methodology for Information Systems: System Design, Usability, and Evaluation. In: Biomedical Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04528-3_12

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