Creating virtual user populations by analysis of anthropometric data

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-111

  Parkinson, Matthew B ^a   Reed, Matthew P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Human variability; Principal components analysis; Spatial analyses

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES; CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; DESIGN PROBLEMS; HUMAN VARIABILITY; MEDICAL DEVICES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC COMPONENT; SUMMARY STATISTIC; TASK DESIGN; VIRTUAL USERS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DESIGN; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TARGETS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 71649087576     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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