Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for EngineersEmphasizing 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, |
Contents
CHAPTER 1 A Guided Tour of Ergonomic Design | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 The Human System | 41 |
CHAPTER 3 Design to Fit Tasks Processes and People | 93 |
CHAPTER 4 Assessment and Design of the Physical Environment | 129 |
CHAPTER 5 Design of Work Areas Tools and Equipment | 183 |
CHAPTER 6 Methods Improvement Motion Analysis of Physical Tasks | 247 |
CHAPTER 7 Measurement of Human Performance | 289 |
CHAPTER 8 Predicting Human Performance | 317 |
CHAPTER 17 Macroergonomics of Occupational Safety and Health | 603 |
CHAPTER 18 Communication and Display Design | 631 |
CHAPTER 19 Ergonomics of Control | 685 |
CHAPTER 20 Decision Making and Decision Support | 733 |
CHAPTER 21 Personnel Selection Placement and Training | 789 |
CHAPTER 22 Job Evaluation and Compensation | 813 |
SELLING ERGONOMICS TO MANAGEMENT | 881 |
Economic Analysis of Projects in Ergonomic Design and Management | 885 |
CHAPTER 9 Measurement of Learning and Forgetting | 361 |
CHAPTER 10 Sampling Methods in Industrial Ergonomics | 379 |
CHAPTER 11 Questionnaires and Interviews | 413 |
CHAPTER 12 Simulation in Ergonomic Design | 439 |
CHAPTER 13 Design for CrewTeam Operations | 469 |
CHAPTER 14 Ergonomics in Maintenance and Repair | 493 |
CHAPTER 15 Ergonomics of Product Quality and Usability | 529 |
CHAPTER 16 Inspection and Quality Control | 569 |
Some Probability Distributions | 897 |
TABLES OF STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS | 901 |
Some Fundamentals of Statistical Regression and Correlation | 911 |
Fundamentals of Analysis of Variance | 921 |
Autor Index | 931 |
| 945 | |
Back cover | 970 |
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