Abstract: Evaluating design usability remains a challenge as usability studies are generally time consuming, costly and often compromised when examining product use among user groups that cannot give reliable user feedback, such as older adults with dementia. Intelligent computer-based systems have the potential to automate (or semi-automate) the process of design evaluation, thereby reducing the cost, time and variability in assessing various designs.

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