Evaluation of rail technology : a practical human factors guide /

"Currently, the rail industry lacks a standardized approach to the human factors evaluation of new technologies in operational settings. While a number of human factors evaluation methods exist (such as task analysis, situation awareness measures, quasi-experiments), these are rarely tailored t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Bearman, Chris
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., [2013]
Series:Human factors in road and rail transport.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Currently, the rail industry lacks a standardized approach to the human factors evaluation of new technologies in operational settings. While a number of human factors evaluation methods exist (such as task analysis, situation awareness measures, quasi-experiments), these are rarely tailored to the industry's needs. This book fills that gap by developing a toolkit of methods that can be used by people in the rail industry to evaluate the human factors implications of new technologies"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.