Ergonomists and usability engineers encounter test method dilemmas with virtual work environments

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4562 LNAI, Issue , 2007, Pages 147-156

  Putkonen, Ari ^a   Hyrkkänen, Ursula ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Human centred design; Test methods; Virtual work; Work system design

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPLEX SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN; WORK SYSTEM DESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 37249005873     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73331-7_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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