Ergonomics modelling and evaluation of automobile seat comfort

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 841-863

  Kolich, Michael ^a   Taboun, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile seat design; Seat interface pressure; Subjective perceptions of comfort

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; COSTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS; SUBJECTIVE COMFORT INDEX;

ERGONOMICS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS DESIGN; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3442888613     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013042000193273     Document Type: Article

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