Theoretical issues in the design of visual inspection systems

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-247

  Jiang, Xiaochun ^a   Gramopadhye, Anand K ^b   Melloy, Brian J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hybrid inspection; Visual inspection; Visual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010606924     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922021000050005     Document Type: Article

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