Workspace zone differentiation and visualization for virtual humans

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-413

  Yang, J ^a   Sinokrot, T ^a   Abdel Malek, K ^a   Beck, S ^a   Nebel, K ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b US Army Tank Automotive Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Human performance measures; Optimization based method; Virtual humans; Workspace; Zone differentiation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; VISUALIZATION;

CENTRAL POINT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) MODEL; ERGONOMIC DESIGN; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; NEW GENERATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION (OF); UNIVERSITY OF IOWA; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; ERGONOMICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IOWA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 47349127617     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701685642     Document Type: Article

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