Ecological interface design and system safety: One facet of Rasmussen's legacy

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 625-636

  Bennett, Kevin B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological interface design; Safety; Work domain analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ABSTRACTION HIERARCHY; ANALYTICAL TOOL; ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; IMPROVING SYSTEMS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM SAFETY; WORK DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAFETY; SKILL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84958093366     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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