Quantum ergonomics: shifting the paradigm of the systems agenda

Ergonomics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 157-166

  Walker, Guy H ^a   Salmon, Paul M ^b   Bedinger, Melissa ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

big data; internet of things; Paradigms; systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; BIG DATA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTERNET OF THINGS; SYSTEM THEORY;

ABSTRACT SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; HIGH QUALITY; PARADIGMS; STRATEGIC DIRECTION; SYSTEMS THINKING; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

ERGONOMICS;

ERGONOMICS; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN; THINKING; BIOENGINEERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84992343717     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1231840     Document Type: Article

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