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Human Factors in Nuclear Safety
CRC Press 1996; US$ 189.95The value of ergonomics is increasingly recognized amongst those involved with the creation and distribution of nuclear power. This work provides insights into plant design, performance shaping factors, the fostering of a safety culture, training, more...
Trust in Military Teams
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 104.95Written under the auspices of the The Transfer Cooperation Programme, this book reports on contemporary trends in the defence research community on trust in teams, including inter- and intra-team trust, multiagency trust and coalition trust. It also considers trust in information and automation, taking a systems view of humans as agents in a muti-agent,... more...
Task Analysis
CRC Press 2000; US$ 99.95Distinguished experts in the field combine their knowledge and write about the key factors that lie at the root of ergonomics and human factors - collectively known as task analysis. Reflects our understanding of human performance at work. more...
Human Factors In Consumer Products
Taylor & Francis 1997; US$ 62.95The design of consumer products has a central role in its potential for contributing to a healthier living and working space. However, too often consumers are only aware of the designers' role when bad practice manifestly exacerbates the easy application of basic functionality. This important book places human factors perspective firmly at the centre... more...
Human Factors Methods
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 69.95Human Factors Methods offers a 'how-to' text on a substantial range of ergonomics methods that can be used in the design and evaluation of products and systems, it is a comprehensive point of reference for all these methods. Presenting more than ninety design and evaluation methods, it is designed to act as an ergonomics methods manual, aiding... more...
Modelling Command and Control
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 99.95Command and control environments continue to represent a challenging domain for human factors research. Modelling Command and Control takes a broad view of command and control research, to include C2 (command and control), C3 (command, control and communication), and C4 (command, control, communication and computers) as well as human supervisory control... more...
Cognitive Work Analysis
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 99.95Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) is a structured framework specifically developed for considering the development and analysis of complex socio-technical systems. Cognitive Work Analysis: Coping with Complexity contains a comprehensive description of CWA, introducing it to the uninitiated. It then presents a number of applications in complex military... more...
Digitising Command and Control
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 99.95This book presents a human factors and ergonomics evaluation of a digital Mission Planning and Battle-space Management (MP/BM) system. An emphasis was placed on the activities at the Brigade (Bde) and the Battle Group (BG) headquarters (HQ) levels. The analysts distributed their time evenly between these two locations. The human factors team from Brunel... more...
Command and Control
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 114.95Military command and control is not merely evolving, it is co-evolving. Technology is creating new opportunities for different types of command and control, and new types of command and control are creating new aspirations for technology. The question is how to manage this process, how to achieve a jointly optimised blend of socio and technical and... more...
Distributed Situation Awareness
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 99.95This book presents an exhaustive review and evaluation of contemporary theoretical perspectives on SA and of a range of SA measurement approaches. A novel theory of DSA in complex sociotechnical systems is presented, followed by an original methodology for assessing SA and DSA in command and control environments. It contains several naturalistic case... more...









