Key human factors and their effects on human centered assembly performance

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 69, Issue , 2019, Pages 48-57

  Abubakar, Maji I ^a   Wang, Qian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Assembly; Fuzzy extent analysis; Human factors; Manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMMERCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOB SATISFACTION; MANUFACTURE; SURVEYS;

AGEING; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; FUZZY EXTENT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; PRODUCTION VOLUMES;

HUMAN REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; REACTION TIME; SCIENTIST; WORKER;

EID: 85054296833     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2018.09.009     Document Type: Article

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