A virtual environment for training overhead crane operators: Real-time implementation

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 589-595

  Wilson, Bruce H ^a   Mourant, Ronald R ^a   Li, Man ^a   Xu, Weidong ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRODUCTIVITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CRANE SIMULATORS; REAL TIME INTERACTIONS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 0032119624     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179808966504     Document Type: Article

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