Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems

by Robert W. Proctor, Trisha Van Zandt

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482229561
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/26/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	698
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert W. Proctor is a distinguished professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and recipient of the Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology from Division 21 of the American Psychological Association in 2013. He is co-author of Stimulus-Response Compatibility: Data, Theory and Application, Skill Acquisition & Training, and co-editor of Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design.

Trisha Van Zandt is a professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, of which she was President in 2006-2007, and the American Statistical Association. She has received multiple research grants from the National Science Foundation and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 1997. She is co-author of review chapters "Designs for and Analyses of Response Time Experiments" in the Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods and "Mathematical Psychology" in the APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface to Third Edition

Preface to Second Edition

Authors

Part I FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN FACTORS

Chapter 1

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

Editorial Reviews

"The book materials have been updated to take the technological changes over the last decade into account for more clearly and comprehensively explaining the foundation of human factors and ergonomics in simple and complex systems. As such, this book provides students with more temporal examples of the applications and issues of human factors in the design, implementation, and evaluation of products and systems. The authors’ aim of providing a foundation in the principles of human performance and a broad overview of the field of human factors for advanced undergraduate and graduate students is successfully reached."
—Alan Chang, City University of Hong Kong

"Proctor and Van Zandt are polymaths who’ve written a rigorous and practical introduction to human factors. Early chapters survey the field’s history and systems of thought. Later chapters cover the principles of cognitive, physical, and organizational ergonomics, and the real-world practice of human factors engineering. The book's multidisciplinary attitude means that students from any academic background will find something novel and stimulating in the material, and that all will take away a thorough knowledge of human factors and ergonomics."
— Jason McCarley, Oregon State University, USA

This book is very comprehensive, and it is a great resource for human factors practitioners. I applaud Proctor and VanZandt for revising this new edition as it addresses how new technologies have affected the way we work and the ways in which technology both affects us and the type of work being conducted."

—Heather C. Lum, ergonomics in design | October 2020

"The book materials have been updated to take the technological changes over the last decade into account for more clearly and comprehensively explaining the foundation of human factors and ergonomics in simple and complex systems. As such, this book provides students with more temporal examples of the applications and issues of human factors in the design, implementation, and evaluation of products and systems. The authors’ aim of providing a foundation in the principles of human performance and a broad overview of the field of human factors for advanced undergraduate and graduate students is successfully reached."
—Alan Chang, City University of Hong Kong

"Proctor and Van Zandt are polymaths who’ve written a rigorous and practical introduction to human factors. Early chapters survey the field’s history and systems of thought. Later chapters cover the principles of cognitive, physical, and organizational ergonomics, and the real-world practice of human factors engineering. The book's multidisciplinary attitude means that students from any academic background will find something novel and stimulating in the material, and that all will take away a thorough knowledge of human factors and ergonomics."
— Jason McCarley, Oregon State University, USA

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