Integrating human factors and operational research in a multidisciplinary investigation of road maintenance

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 436-452

  Ryan, Brendan ^a   Qu, Rong ^a   Schock, Alex ^a   Parry, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human factors; Operational research; Road maintenance; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE WORK; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION CENTRES; HUMAN FACTORS; INTEGRATED HUMAN FACTORS; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; RELATIVE STRENGTH; ROAD MAINTENANCE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAINTAINABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAINTENANCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79956372379     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.562983     Document Type: Article

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