A mathematical method for ergonomic-based design: Placement

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 375-394

  Abdel Malek, Karim ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Yang, Jingzhou ^a   Nebel, Kyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic design; Optimization; Placement; Reach envelope; Reachability

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMIC-BASED DESIGN; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

COSTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; ERGONOMICS; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4444297834     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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