Digital Human Modelling and the Ageing Workforce

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 3694-3701

  Case, Keith ^a   Hussain, Amjad ^b   Marshall, Russell ^a   Summerskill, Stephen ^a   Gyi, Diane ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Digital human modeling; Inclusive design; Workforce challenges; Workplace design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010021684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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