Safer User Interfaces: A Case Study in Improving Number Entry
- Submitting institution
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Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 26037
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/TSE.2014.2383396
- Title of journal
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
- Article number
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- First page
- 711
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 7
- ISSN
- 0098-5589
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6991548
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 9
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Number entry is ubiquitous and has been since the earliest digital devices. However, this paper demonstrates that, despite their age and pervasive use, interfaces for number entry are often deeply flawed, with potentially fatal consequences in the medical domain. As well as the significance of highlighting this to software engineers, the paper also offers ways that formal methods can be used in practical ways to bring potential problems to light early in the design process. This is part of a body of work that has led to an impact case study reaching many thousands of clinicians and other medical professionals.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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