Supporting ergonomics in automotive design

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-522

  Woodcock, A ^a   Galer Flyte, Margaret D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive design process; Design decision support; Ergonomics; User requirements capture

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NONBIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031651952     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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