A total ergonomic design approach to enhance the productivity in a complicated control system

Information Technology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1036-1042

  Azadeh, A ^a   Fam, I Mohammad ^b   Garakani, Mohammad Mansouri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ergonomic; Macroergonomic; Productivity; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS PROCESS SYSTEMS; MACROERGONOMICS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 36048952495     PISSN: 18125638     EISSN: 18125646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2007.1036.1042     Document Type: Article

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