Human factors and global problems: A systems approach

Systems Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-69

  Vicente, Kim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ERGONOMICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WASTE UTILIZATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; FOLLOWING PROBLEM; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; IMMEDIATE FEEDBACKS; SYSTEMS APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; UTILITY CONSUMPTION;

PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BEHAVIOR-SHAPING CONSTRAINTS;

EID: 0032304397     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6858(1998)1:1<57::AID-SYS6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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