Integrating task- and work domain-based work analyses in ecological interface design: A process control case study

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 887-905

  Jamieson, Greg A ^a   Miller, Christopher A ^b   Ho, Wayne H ^c   Vicente, Kim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SMART INFORMATION FLOW TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c IBM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graphical user interfaces; Man machine systems; Petroleum industry; Process control

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION;

ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION PROCESS; SUPERVISORY CONTROL;

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 36249013549     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2007.904736     Document Type: Article

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