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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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Bearman, Chris
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., c2013.
Series:Human factors in road and rail transport
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • The Promise and Perils of New Technology / Drew Dawson, Chris Bearman, Anjum Naweed and Gareth Hughes
  • Key Technology-Related Human Factors Issues / Chris Bearman
  • Resistence to Technology / Janette Rose and Chris Bearman
  • Effective User Feedback : the Practical Value of Mock-Ups / Gareth Hughes, Airdrie Long, Anne Maddock and Chris Bearman
  • Qualitative Research Rules, Using Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods to Acknowledge the Human Dimensions of Technology / Kirrilly Thompson
  • Future Inquiry: a Participatory Ergonomics Approach to Evaluating New Technology / Verna Blewitt and Andrea Shaw
  • Using Task Analysis to Inform the Development and Evaluation of New Technologies / Janette Rose, Chris Bearman and Anjum Naweed
  • Evaluating Your Train Simulator Part I: The Physical Environment / Anjum Naweed, Ganesh Balakrishnan and Jillian Dorrian
  • Evaluating Your Train Simulator Part II: the Task Environment / Jillian Dorrian and Anjum Naweed
  • Applying the Theories and Measures of Situation Awareness to the Rail Industry / Janette Rose, Chris Bearman and Anne Maddock.