Making effective use of task analysis to identify human factors issues in new rail technology

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 614-624

  Rose, J A ^a   Bearman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Task analysis; Technology; Train driving

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; FREIGHT TRAINS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INFORMATION SUPPORT; LONG HAUL; ON POTENTIALS; TASK ANALYSIS; TRAIN DRIVINGS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; RAILWAY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84855889921     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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