Introduction to Human Factors Engineering - Hardcover

Wickens, Christopher D.; Lee, John; Liu, Yili D.; Gordon-Becker, Sallie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131837362 ISBN 13: 9780131837362

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

For undergraduate courses in Human-Factors Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering Psychology, or Human-Factors Psychology.

Offering a somewhat more psychological perspective than other human factors books on the market, this text describes the capabilities and limitations of the human operator―both physical and mental―and how these should be used to guide the design of systems with which people interact. General principles of human-system interaction and design are presented, and included are specific examples of successful and unsuccessful interactions. It links theories of human performance that underlie the principles with real-world experience, without a heavy engineering-oriented perspective.

About this title

About the Author:

John Lee is the Emerson Electric Quality and Productivity Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work focuses on driver distraction, trust in technology, human interaction with increasingly autonomous systems. Christopher D. Wickens is a professor emeritus of Aviation and Psychology at the University of Illinois and is currently a senior scientist at Alion Science and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, and a professor of Psychology at Colorado State University. His research concerns applied cognition, attention, and decision making. Yili Liu is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include human-machine environment systems, cognitive modeling, cognitive engineering, and cognitive ergonomics. Linda Ng Boyle is Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. Her research centers on quantifying human behavior with the ultimate goal of making everything safer and better for people.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131837362
• ISBN 13: 9780131837362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 608