ABSTRACT

Emphasizing customer oriented design and operation, Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers explores the behavioral, physical, and mathematical foundations of the discipline and how to apply them to improve the human, societal, and economic well being of systems and organizations. The book discusses product design, such as tools,

chapter 1|40 pages

A Guided Tour of Ergonomic Design

chapter 2|52 pages

The Human System

chapter 3|36 pages

Design to Fit Tasks, Processes, and People

chapter 5|64 pages

Design of Work Areas, Tools, and Equipment

chapter 7|28 pages

Measurement of Human Performance

chapter 8|44 pages

Predicting Human Performance

chapter 9|18 pages

Measurement of Learning and Forgetting

chapter 10|34 pages

Sampling Methods in Industrial Ergonomics

chapter 11|26 pages

Questionnaires and Interviews

chapter 12|30 pages

Simulation in Ergonomic

chapter 13|24 pages

Design for Crew-Team Operations

chapter 14|36 pages

Ergonomics in Maintenance and Repair

chapter 15|40 pages

Ergonomics of Product Quality and Usability

chapter 16|34 pages

Inspection and Quality Control

chapter 18|54 pages

Communication and Display Design

chapter 19|48 pages

Ergonomics of Control

chapter 20|56 pages

Decision Making and Decision Support

chapter 21|24 pages

Personnel Selection, Placement,

chapter 22|68 pages

Design for Compensation and Accommodation