Participatory ergonomics using VR integrated with analysis tools

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1746-1753

  Shaikh, Imtiyaz ^a   Jayaram, Uma ^a   Jayaram, Sankar ^a   Palmer, Craig ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b Paccar   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSING (FORMING); REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; ERGONOMIC STUDIES; SYNERGETIC SYSTEMS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 17744380043     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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