Turing machine as an ecological model for task analysis

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 511-529

  Morineau, Thierry ^a   Frénod, Emmanuel ^a   Blanche, Caroline ^a   Tobin, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Affordance; Cognitive work analysis; Task analysis; Turing machine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007835762     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220802368849     Document Type: Article

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