The implications of cross-regional differences for the design of In-vehicle Information Systems: A comparison of Australian and Chinese drivers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 564-573

  Young, Kristie L ^a   Rudin Brown, Christina M ^a   Lenné, Michael G ^a   Williamson, Amy R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural design; Human machine interface; In vehicle Information Systems

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; INDIUM; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VEHICLES;

CHINESE CHARACTERS; CROSS-CULTURAL DESIGNS; DRIVING PATTERN; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERACTION LEVELS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHINA; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PROCESS DESIGN; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84855864836     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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