An evaluation of economic and performance feedback in an inspection task with explicit economic consequences

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-337

  Gramopadhye, Anand K ^a   Melloy, Brian J ^a   Gopinath, Meghashyam ^a   Budgavi, Murali ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Inspection; Visual search

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK; IMPROVEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE;

INSPECTION TASKS;

INSPECTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031258646     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(96)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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