Axiomatic design principles in analysing the ergonomics design parameter of a virtual environment

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 368-373

  Taha, Zahari ^a   Soewardi, Hartomo ^b,c   Dawal, Siti Zawiah Md ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Axiomatic design; Design parameter; Ergonomics; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AXIOMATIC DESIGN; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ERGONOMIC DESIGN; ERGONOMICS DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; INDEPENDENCE AXIOM; NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIOMATIC DESIGN; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84898412715     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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