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Designing for humans /

Nature aside, the world in which we live should be designed for us, from everyday products like scissors and chairs to complex systems in avionics, medicine and nuclear power applications. Now more than ever, technological advances continue to increase the range and complexity of tasks that people h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Noyes, Janet M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hove [England] ; Philadelphia : Psychology Press, 2001.
Colección:Psychology at work.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Nature aside, the world in which we live should be designed for us, from everyday products like scissors and chairs to complex systems in avionics, medicine and nuclear power applications. Now more than ever, technological advances continue to increase the range and complexity of tasks that people have to perform. As a discipline, human factors psychology (ergonomics) therefore has an increasingly important role to play in ensuring that the human user's physical characteristics, cognitive abilities and social needs are taken into account in the development, implementation and operation of prod.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-198) and indexes.
ISBN:0585447535
9780585447537
0203465571
9780203465578