Overview

This volume deals with the design of computer-integrated manufacturing and production systems from a human-factors perspective. Based on a NATO Advanced Study Institute, it contains contributions from leading experts as well as the edited results of several workshops on the key phases of systems design: specification, design, building, and evaluation. Each phase is discussed from both theoretical and practical points of view. The contents of the book are organized into four parts: business and enterprise context of human-centred systems; information, communication, interfacing and their requirements; technology and its usability; and the systems development process and results from the group work sessions.

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Author:   Felix Schmid ,  Stephen Evans ,  Andrew W.S. Ainger ,  Robert J. Grieve
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1994 ed.
Volume:   134
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.530kg
ISBN:  

9783540582755

ISBN 10:   3540582754
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   28 September 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Keynote Paper.- 1. Human Centred Shaping of Social Innovation.- Business and Enterprise Context of Human Centred Systems.- 2. An Industrial Perspective of Human Centred Systems.- 3. A Business Strategy Perspective in HCS.- 4. A Business Strategy Perspective in HCS.- 5. Getting the Human to the Centre of the System.- 6. Human Centred Computer Integration in Manufacturing.- Information, Communication, Interfacing and their Requirements.- 7. The Impact of Information Technology and the Informating Capacity of the Organization on the Enterprise’s Performance.- 8. The Possible Roles of Gender and Cognitive Style in the Design of Human-Centred Computer Interfaces.- 9. Communication, Learning and Teamwork for Human Centred Engineering Systems Design.- 10. Human-Centred Systems: New Roles for Designers, Managers and Employees.- 11. Human-Centred Design, Implementation and Operation of Man-Machine Systems.- 12. Integral Communication and Integral Learning.- Technology and its Usability.- 13. Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Usability Evaluations.- 14. User-Centred Design and the Theory Building View.- 15. How Human-Centred is the Quality Philosophy?.- 16. Multimedia Technology.- 17. The Use of Prototyping in the Problem Structuring Methodology.- 18. A Survey of Current Design Methodologies for Manufacturing Systems Design.- The Systems Development Process and Results from the Group Work Sessions.- 19. Developing an Anthropocentric View of Modern Manufacturing A Case Study Approach.- 20. A Human Centred Approach to Requirements Specification.- 21. Synopsis and Discussion on the Helical Approach to Systems Design and Build.- 22. Design and Build.- 23. User Interface Quality and Evaluating Ease of Use.- 24. Group Work Output.- Review of NATO Advanced Study Institute ‘Peopleand Computers’.- List of Schmid.

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