Contending with complexity: Developing and using a scaled world in applied cognitive research

Human Factors

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-23

  Ehret, Brian D ^a,c   Gray, Wayne D ^a   Kirschenbaum, Susan S ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033945553     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872000779656606     Document Type: Review

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