With a focus on ecological validity and behavioural measures, our interest is in reality testing of applications based on new or emerging technologies. In particular, mobile and entertainment applications are simply not amenable to classic laboratory testing. Furthermore, standard usability measures of efficiency and effectiveness are not always relevant to these new situations and environments...

Consideration and incorporation of all available scientific information is an important part of the planning of any scientific project. As regards research with sentient animals, EU Directive 86/609/EEC for the protection of laboratory animals requires scientists to consider whether any planned animal experiment can be substituted by other scientifically satisfactory methods not entailing the u...

Stochastic modeling and analysis of international key comparisons (interlaboratory comparisons) pose several fundamental questions for statistical methodology. A key comparison (KC) is specifically designed to derive the key comparison reference value and to assess conformance of calibrations by participating national metrology laboratories at a few, “key”, settings for a particular measurement...

The annual survey provides information on the state of the relationship testing community and tries to ask questions that may be of interest and track trends in testing. As a reminder evaluation of these data is anonymous. None of the members of the Relationship Testing Standards Program Unit is aware of which laboratories submitted data. Presentation of the most current data occurs every year ...

Vision-based interfaces can employ gestures to interact with an interactive system without touching it. Gestures are frequently modelled in laboratories, and usability testing should be carried out. However, often these interfaces present usability issues, and the great diversity of uses of these interfaces and the applications where they are used, makes it difficult to decide which factors to ...