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The handbook of operator fatigue

Fatigue is a recognized problem in many facets of the human enterprise. This title addresses such important facets of fatigue as: the scale of the fatigue problem, the nature of fatigue, how to assess fatigue, the impact of fatigue on health, fatigue in the workplace, the neurological basis of fatigue, sleep disorders, and more.
Print Book, English, ©2012
Ashgate Pub. Company, Burlington, VT, ©2012
xix, 510 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780754675372, 9781409442653, 0754675378, 1409442659
755213222
Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION TO OPERATOR FATIGUE
1.An Overview of Operator Fatigue / P.A. Hancock
2.An Historical View of Operator Fatigue / James C. Miller
3.Challenges in Fatigue and Performance Research / Bob Hockey
pt. II THE NATURE OF FATIGUE
4.Conceptualizing and Defining Fatigue / Gerald Matthews
5.Individual Differences in Stress, Fatigue and Performance / James L. Szalma
6.Task Characteristics and Fatigue / Erin Marie Conklin
7.Fatigue in Sports Psychology / Timothy David Noakes
pt. III ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE
8.Approaches to the Measurement of Fatigue / Christopher Christodoulou
9.Dimensional Models of Fatigue / Edward M. Hitchcock
10.Models of Individual Differences in Fatigue for Performance Research / Paula A. Desmond
pt. IV THE NEUROSCIENCE OF FATIGUE
11.Neuroscience of Sleep and Orcadian Rhythms / Hans P.A. Van Dongen
12.The Influence of Fatigue on Brain Activity / Yvonne Tran Note continued: 13.Cerebral Hemodynamic Indices of Operator Fatigue in Vigilance / William S. Helton
14.Biochemical Indices of Fatigue for Anti-fatigue Strategies and Products / Osami Kajimoto
pt. V PERFORMANCE EFFECTS OF SLEEP LOSS AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
15.Socio-emotional and Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Loss / William D.S. Killgore
16.Orcadian Rhythms and Mental Performance / Jim Waterhouse
17.Sleep Loss and Performance / Valerie J. Gawron
pt. VI FATIGUE AND HEALTH
18.Differentiating Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Psychiatric Disorders / Abigail Brown
19.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Diane L. Cox
20.Upper Respiratory Tract Illnesses and Fatigue / Andrew P. Smith
pt. VII APPLIED CONTEXTS FOR OPERATOR FATIGUE
21.Long Work Hours, Fatigue, Safety, and Health / Roger R. Rosa
22.Fatigue and Road Safety: Identifying Crash Involvement and Addressing the Problem within a Safe Systems Approach / Julie Hatfield Note continued: 23.Driver Fatigue and Safety: A Transactional Perspective / Dyani J. Saxby
24.Understanding and Managing Fatigue in Aviation / John A. Caldwell
25.Soldier Fatigue and Performance Effectiveness: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / Gerald P. Krueger
pt. VIII OPERATIONAL COUNTERMEASURES
26.Adaptive Automation for Mitigation of Hazardous States of Awareness / Alan T. Pope
27.Countermeasures for Driver Fatigue / Ann Williamson
28.Work Scheduling / Simon Folkard
29.Avoiding the Impact of Fatigue on Human Effectiveness / Kelly J. Neville
30.Model-based Fatigue Risk Management / Gregory Belenky