Ergonomics Books

New and Published Books

1. Computer System Reliability

   Safety and Usability

   By B.S. Dhillon

   Computer systems have become an important element of the world economy, with billions of dollars spent each year on development, manufacture, operation, and maintenance. Combining coverage of computer system reliability, safety, usability, and other related topics into a single volume, Computer...

   Published May 13th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Work Domain Analysis

   Concepts, Guidelines, and Cases

   By Neelam Naikar

   In complex sociotechnical systems such as military, health care, and nuclear power systems, poor performance or errors resulting from inadequate designs can have catastrophic consequences. Although considered challenging to learn and execute well, work domain analysis can be used as a framework to...

   Published May 6th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Hazardous Chemicals

   Safety Management and Global Regulations

   By T.S.S. Dikshith

   An easily accessible guide to scientific information, Hazardous Chemicals: Safety Management and Global Regulations covers proper management, precautions, and related global regulations on the safety management of chemical substances. The book helps workers and safety personnel prevent and minimize...

   Published May 5th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Leading and Managing People in the Dynamic Organization

   By Randal D. Day, Randal D. Day

   Edited by Randall S. Peterson, Elizabeth A. Mannix

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   The current business environment requires that individuals, teams, and organizations are equipped to cope with an unpredictable marketplace and increasing competition. Organizations are forced to be kinetic, organic, and without boundaries if they are to remain successful. Given these environmental...

   Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Systems Engineering and Safety

   Building the Bridge

   By Peter J. Glismann

   Systems engineering principles are currently being applied to system safety best practices in several industries, as well as state and local governments. This book covers the payoff in both dollars and goodwill to the investment made in merging those two important and often neglected disciplines....

   Published April 30th 2013 by CRC Press
6. The Design of Future Educational Interfaces

   By Sharon Oviatt

   The Design of Future Educational Interfaces provides a new multidisciplinary synthesis of educational interface research. It explains how computer interfaces can be redesigned to better support our ability to produce ideas, think, and solve problems successfully in national priority areas such as...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
7. Usability Evaluation for In-Vehicle Systems

   By Catherine Harvey, Neville A. Stanton

   Ergonomics often seems to be involved too late in commercial project development processes to have substantive impact on design and usability. However, in the automotive industry, and specifically in relation to In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS), a lack of attention to usability can not only...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
8. Fundamentals of Biomechanics

   By Ronald L. Huston

   Biomechanics is a fundamental topic of study that employs the principles of mechanics applied to human systems and organs. This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of this increasingly important subject. After a review of terminology, a summary of human anatomy, and a presentation of...

   Published April 17th 2013 by CRC Press
9. Handbook of Automated Essay Evaluation

   Current Applications and New Directions

   Edited by Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein

   This comprehensive, interdisciplinary handbook reviews the latest methods and technologies used in automated essay evaluation (AEE) methods and technologies. Highlights include the latest in the evaluation of performance-based writing assessments and recent advances in the teaching of writing,...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
10. Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013

    Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013, Cambridge, UK, 15-18 April 2013

    Edited by Martin Anderson

    The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated for 27 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series.This book presents the proceedings of the...

    Published April 8th 2013 by Taylor & Francis