Advancing the practice of cognitive task analysis: A call for taxonomic research

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 472-495

  Yates, Kenneth A ^a   Feldon, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive engineering; cognitive task analysis; decision making; knowledge elicitation; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859229094     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2010.505269     Document Type: Article

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