Toward theory-driven, quantitative performance measurement in ergonomics science: The abstraction hierarchy as a framework for data analysis

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-142

  Yu, Xinyao ^a   Lau, Elfreda ^a   Vicente, Kim J ^a   Carter, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstraction hierarchy; Coupling; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008834201     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220210124102     Document Type: Article

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