Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems, 3rd Edition

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