Simulated multiplexed CCTV: The effects of screen layout and task complexity on user performance and strategies

Security Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-356

  Stedmon, Alex W ^a   Harris, Sarah ^a   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

closed circuit television; control room design; human factors; operator performance; surveillance; suspicious behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053178265     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2010.7     Document Type: Article

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