Humans and Automation: System Design and Research Issues

Humanfactors,alsoknownashumanengineeringorhumanfactorsengineering,istheapplicationofbehavioralandbiologicalsciencestothedesignofmachinesandhuman-machinesystems.Automationreferstothemechanizationandintegrationofthesensingofenvironmentalvariables,dataprocessinganddecisionmakingandmechanicalaction.Thisbookdealswithalltheissuesinvolvedinhuman-automationsystemsfromdesigntocontrolandperformanceofbothhumansandmachines.