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Embry Riddle Aero University - ASASA - Aviation Safety & Security Archives
TA166.W528 2004
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Embry Riddle Aero University - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
TA166.W528 1998
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TA166.W528 1998
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Embry Riddle Aero University - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
TA166.W528 2004
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TA166.W528 2004
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9780131837362
9780321012296
9780321012296
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
What Is the Field of Human Factors? 1 --
Chapter 2 Research Methods 10 --
Experimental Research Methods 14 --
Descriptive Methods 24 --
Ethical Issues 28 --
Chapter 3 Design and Evaluation Methods 30 --
Overview of Design and Evaluation 31 --
Front-End Analysis 37 --
Iterative Design and Testing 50 --
Final Test and Evaluation 59 --
Chapter 4 Visual Sensory Systems 61 --
Stimulus: Light 62 --
Receptor System: The Eyeball and the Optic Nerve 66 --
Sensory Processing Limitations 69 --
Bottom-Up Versus Top-Down Processing 74 --
Depth Perception 75 --
Visual Search and Detection 78 --
Detection 82 --
Discrimination 87 --
Absolute Judgment 89 --
Chapter 5 Auditory, Tactile, and Vestibular System 91 --
Sound: The Auditory Stimulus 91 --
Ear: The Sensory Transducer 94 --
Auditory Experience 95 --
Alarms 97 --
Sound Localization 103 --
Sound Transmission Problem 104 --
Noise Revisited 110 --
Noise Remediation 112 --
Other Senses 116 --
Chapter 6 Cognition 120 --
Information Processing Models 121 --
Selective Attention 122 --
Perception 124 --
Working Memory 128 --
Long-Term Memory 134 --
Situation Awareness 144 --
Problem Solving and Troubleshooting 146 --
Planning and Scheduling 147 --
Metacognition and Effort 148 --
Chapter 7 Decision Making 156 --
Definition of Decision Making 157 --
Decision-Making Models 157 --
Heuristics and Biases 162 --
Dependency of Decision Making on the Decision Context 170 --
Factors Affecting Decision-Making Performance: An Integrated Description of Decision Making 173 --
Improving Human Decision Making 177 --
Chapter 8 Displays 184 --
Ways of Classifying Displays 185 --
Thirteen Principles of Display Design 186 --
Alerting Displays 193 --
Labels 193 --
Monitoring 195 --
Multiple Displays 198 --
Navigation Displays and Maps 208 --
Quantitative Information Displays: Tables and Graphs 213 --
Chapter 9 Control 218 --
Principles of Response Selection 219 --
Discrete Control Activation 221 --
Positioning Control Devices 222 --
Verbal and Symbolic Input Devices 227 --
Voice Input 229 --
Continuous Control and Tracking 231 --
Remote Manipulation or Telerobotics 240 --
Chapter 10 Engineering Anthropometry and Workspace Design 243 --
Human Variability and Statistics 245 --
Anthropometric Data 248 --
General Principles for Workspace Design 258 --
Design of Standing and Seated Work Areas 266 --
Chapter 11 Biomechanics of Work 269 --
Musculoskeletal System 270 --
Biomechanical Models 273 --
Low-Back Problems 276 --
Upper-Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders 289 --
Chapter 12 Work Physiology 297 --
Muscle Structure and Metobolism 298 --
Circulatory and Respiratory Systems 302 --
Energy Cost of Work and Workload Assessment 308 --
Physical Work Capacity and Whole-Body Fatigue 314 --
Chapter 13 Stress and Workload 324 --
Environmental Stressors 326 --
Psychological Stressors 329 --
Life Stress 333 --
Workload Overload 334 --
Fatigue and Sleep Disruption 340 --
Chapter 14 Safety, Accidents, and Human Error 351 --
Introduction to Safety and Accident Prevention 352 --
Safety Legislation 353 --
Factors That Cause or Contribute to Accidents 356 --
Hazard Identification and Control 369 --
Safety Management 375 --
Risk-Taking and Warnings 378 --
Chapter 15 Human-Computer Interaction 383 --
Trouble with Computers and Software Design 385 --
Software Design Cycle: Understand, Design, and Evaluate 386 --
Understand System and User Characteristics 387 --
Design Using Theories and Models 390 --
Design to Support Mental Models with Conceptual Models and Metaphors 395 --
Design Using Principles and Guidelines 396 --
Design of User Support 404 --
Evaluate with Usability Heuristics 406 --
Evaluate with Usability Tests and Metrics 406 --
Information Technology 410 --
Chapter 16 Automation 418 --
Why Automate? 419 --
Problems in Automation 422 --
Function Allocation Between the Person and Automation 428 --
Human-Centered Automation 430 --
Supervisory Control and Automation-Based Complex Systems 433 --
Chapter 17 Transportation Human Factors 436 --
Automative Human Factors 437 --
Automotive Automation 455 --
Public Ground Transportation 458 --
Chapter 18 Selection and Training 466 --
Personnel Selection 467 --
Performance Support and Job Aids 473 --
Supporting People with Disabilities 476 --
Training 477 --
Training Program Design 487 --
Chapter 19 Social Factors 492 --
Types of Systems 493 --
Groups and Teams 494 --
Characteristics of Groups, Teams, and Crews 494 --
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 500 --
Macroergonomics and Industrial Intervention 503.
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