Human Performance Modeling

This latest volume in the "Comtemporary Ergonomics" series contains papers on various topics such as: information systems; air traffic management; warnings; display design; verbal protocol analysis; modelling; ergonomics and standards; design..

This 2000 edition of this long running and highly respected series provides insight into current practice, presents new research findings, and forms an invaluable reference source...

This book presents the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's Annual Conference and embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. It provides an insight into the current practice, presents new research findings and forms an invaluable reference source. The topics covered include rail saf..

Presenting the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's Annual Conference, this series embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. Chapters provide an insight into the current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source...

Presenting the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's annual conference, this title embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. It includes topics such as applied physiology, musculoskeletal disorders, and posture and discomfort...

Control Theory is a standard course taken by engineers. This book, from the psychological point of view, looks at manual control. The authors ask students to imagine themselves as part of the manual control system to better learn theconcepts of the field..

This book explains how social psychology, sociology, and anthropology can provide valuable techniques for investigating the relationship between people and design. Written not only by designers and applied theorists, but also by specialists working at the front line in the consumer product industrie..

Diagnostic Expertise in Organizational Environments is designed to provide a state-of-the art foundation for a new paradigm in expertise research. The focus on diagnostic expertise highlights its important role in precipitating effective and efficient performance in the context of a range of operati..

This book explores complexity theory and systems thinking to better understand how complex systems drift into failure. It studies sensitive dependence on initial conditions, unruly technology, tipping points, diversity - and finds that failure emerges opportunistically, non-randomly, from the very w..

In the United States, around 20 percent of all Police-reported road crashes involve driver distraction as a contributing factor. The situation is similar in other countries. This book adds to the accumulating evidence-base on driver distraction and inattention. It provides important new perspectives..

In the United States, around 20 percent of all Police-reported road crashes involve driver distraction as a contributing factor. The situation is similar in other countries. This book adds to the accumulating evidence-base on driver distraction and inattention. It provides important new perspectives..

Offers an occupational ergonomic analysis of medical selection procedures for disabled and able-bodied labour-market entrants. The book re-examines the concept of fitness for work and emphasizes humanitarian and legislative factors...