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Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics: A Systems Approach, Second Edition
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About Human Factors Engineering And Ergonomics: A Systems
Product Description Although still true to its original focus on the person–machine interface, the field of human factors psychology (ergonomics) has expanded to include stress research, accident analysis and prevention, and nonlinear dynamical systems theory (how systems change over time), human group dynamics, and environmental psychology. Reflecting new developments in the field, Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics: A Systems Approach, Second Edition addresses a wide range of human factors and ergonomics principles found in conventional and twenty-first century technologies and environments. Based on the author’s thirty years of experience, the text emphasizes fundamental concepts, systems thinking, the changing nature of the person-machine interface, and the dynamics of systems as they change over time. See What’s New in the Second Edition: Developments in working memory, degrees of freedom in cognitive processes, subjective workload, decision-making, and situation awareness Updated information on cognitive workload and fatigue Additional principles for HFE, networks, multiple person-machine systems, and human-robot swarms Accident analysis and prevention includes resilience, new developments in safety climate, and an update to the inventory of accident prevention techniques and their relative effectiveness Problems in "big data" mining Psychomotor control and its relevance to human-robot systems Navigation in real-world environment Trust in automation and augmented cognition Computer technology permeates every aspect of the human–machine system, and has only become more ubiquitous since the previous edition. The systems are becoming more complex, so it should stand to reason that theories need to evolve to cope with the new sources of complexity. While many books cover traditional topics and theory, they to not focus on the practical problems students will face in the future. With broad coverage that ranges from physical ergonomics to cognitive aspects of human-machine interaction and includes dynamic approaches to system failure, this book increases the number of methods and analytical tools that are available for the human factors researcher. Review "… covers a large number of theoretical, empirical and conceptual themes … The broad focus is supported by the introduction of novel approaches derived from complexity and dynamic systems theory to describing the behavior of human operators and sociotechnical systems thereby increasing the toolbox available for ergonomics and human factors researchers."―Kjell Ivar Øvergård, Department of Maritime Technology and Innovation, Vestfold University College, Norway " … a well-organized book, including the most up-to-date research results and summarized a lot of comprehensive qualitative and quantitative research results."―Dongyuan Debbie Wang, University of North Florida "… a thorough and well-organized textbook. The focus and approach are relevant to current scholarship and research in the field."―Robert W. Proctor, Purdue University "An addition of a separate chapter on 'stress and work performance' is important, particularly given our current times, when so many people are experiencing stress at work, and unfortunately, are unaware of the problem. I also like the idea of a chapter on environmental design. We have always had a focus on microenvironments within the purview of human factors courses, but rarely do you see any mention of macroenvironments."―Leah Newman, Pennsylvania State University "The book, in its 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, keeps very nicely on par with the latest technological developments, while emphasizing concepts and systems thinking. From its treatment of cognition and psychological aspects of the senses of vision and audition to the more focused aspects of human-machine interaction presented from a systems perspective, it remains an invaluable manual to help designers in developing more effective and efficient systems."―Denis A. C
