Title: Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems, 3rd Edition Author: Robert W. Proctor, Trisha Van Zandt ISBN: 1482229560 / 9781482229561 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 676 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2018 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Description
Contents
Recently, there have been a number of advances in technology, including in mobile devices, globalization of companies, display technologies and healthcare, all of which require significant input and evaluation from human factors specialists. Accordingly, this textbook has been completely updated, with some chapters folded into other chapters and new chapters added where needed. The text continues to fill the need for a textbook that bridges the gap between the conceptual and empirical foundations of the field.
Establishes a foundation in the principles of human performance and a broad overview of the field of human factors for advanced undergraduate and graduate students
Introduces students to a broad range of human factors topics by organizing information around the human as an information processing system
Emphasizes a close relationship between basic research/theory and application, focusing on methods, reasoning, and theories used by basic and applied researchers
Provides an understanding of the variables that influence human performance and the ways that experts in human factors draw upon this understanding
Offers a framework of the research process in human factors
Gives students an integrated view of the current state of our understanding of the factors that influence human performance and how these factors can be accommodated in system design
Preface to Third Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Authors
Part I : Foundations of Human Factors
Chapter 1 : Foundations of Human Factors Chapter 2 : Research Methods in Human Factors Chapter 3 : Reliability and Human Error in Systems Chapter 4 : Human Information Processing
Part II : Perceptual Factors and Their Applications
Chapter 5 : Visual Perception Chapter 6 : Perception of Objects in the World Chapter 7 : Hearing, Proprioception, and the Chemical Senses Chapter 8 : The Display of Visual, Auditory, and Tactual Information
Part III : Cognitive Factors and Their Applications
Chapter 9 : Attention and the Assessment of Mental Workload Chapter 10 : Retention and Comprehension of Information Chapter 11 : Solving Problems and Making Decisions Chapter 12 : Experts and Expert Systems
Part IV : Action Factors and Their Applications
Chapter 13 : Response Selection and Principles of Compatibility Chapter 14 : Control of Movement and Learning of Motor Skill Chapter 15 : Controls and Controlling Actions
Part V : Environmental Factors and Their Applications
Chapter 16 : Anthropometrics and Workspace Design Chapter 17 : Environmental Ergonomics Chapter 18 : Human Resource Management and Macroergonomics Chapter 19 : The Practice of Human Factors
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Glossary
References
List of Credits
Index