Use of job aid to promote systematic search under different levels of task complexity

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-363

  Koenig, Scott ^a   Gramopadhye, Anand K ^a   Melloy, Brian J ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; INSPECTION; JOB ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

JOB AID; TASK COMPLEXITY; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0036741436     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.10022     Document Type: Article

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