Simplified subjective workload assessment technique

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-243

  Luximon, Ameersing ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arithmetic task; Mental workload; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035134117     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130010000901     Document Type: Article

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