A look at task-switching and multi-tasking behaviors: From the perspective of the computer usage among a large number of people

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Highlights:

• The task-switching behavior study was performed on a big data set with 3000 subjects.

• “Star” structure was found in subject’s task-switching behaviors on computer usage.

• Power-law distributions were found in task-switching and multi-tasking behaviors.

• A few key tasks were found that count for the most of the task-switching behaviors.

• Younger generations are more accustomed to task-switching/multi-tasking activities.

摘要

•The task-switching behavior study was performed on a big data set with 3000 subjects.•“Star” structure was found in subject’s task-switching behaviors on computer usage.•Power-law distributions were found in task-switching and multi-tasking behaviors.•A few key tasks were found that count for the most of the task-switching behaviors.•Younger generations are more accustomed to task-switching/multi-tasking activities.

论文关键词:Task-switching,Multitasking,Task Switching Graph,Power-law,Computer usage

论文评审过程:Available online 19 March 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.012