A participant-observer study of ergonomics in engineering design: How constraints drive design process

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-82

  Burns, Catherine M ^a   Vicente, Kim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraints; Design process; Engineering design; Field study; Human factors

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ROOMS (POWER PLANTS); NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PROCESS CONTROL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0343819906     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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