Aircraft passenger comfort experience: Underlying factors and differentiation from discomfort

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 301-308

  Ahmadpour, Naseem ^a,b   Robert, Jean Marc ^b   Lindgaard, Gitte ^a,c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aircraft interior; Comfort; Discomfort; Experience; Passenger

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT INTERIORS; COMFORT; DISCOMFORT; EXPERIENCE; PASSENGER;

TRANSPORTATION;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOMFORT; EMOTION; ENERGY; EXPECTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLEASURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; BIOENGINEERING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940995837     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.07.029     Document Type: Article

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