Human factors and ergonomic principles in building design for life and work activities: An applied methodology

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-202

  Attaianese, Erminia ^a   Duca, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

architectural details; design methodology; ergonomic principles; task analysis; user related performances; users' cluster

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857072858     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2010.504286     Document Type: Article

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