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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Global perspectives on the ecology of human-machine systems. Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1995- (OCoLC)607769779 Online version: Global perspectives on the ecology of human-machine systems. Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1995- (OCoLC)624384469 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Flach |
ISBN: | 0805813810 9780805813814 0805813829 9780805813821 |
OCLC Number: | 32168349 |
Description: | volumes <1> : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | 1. The Ecology of Human Machine Systems: A Personal History / John M. Flach -- 2. On Human Factors / Peter A. Hancock and Mark H. Chignell -- 3. A Few Implications of an Ecological Approach to Human Factors / Kim J. Vicente -- 4. Requirements for Psychological Models to Support Design: Toward Ecological Task Analysis / Alex Kirlik -- 5. Virtual Ecology of Work / Jens Rasmussen and Annelise Mark Pejtersen -- 6. Toward a Theoretical Base for Representation Design in the Computer Medium: Ecological Perception and Aiding Human Cognition / David D. Woods -- 7. Active Psychophysics: The Relation Between Mind and What Matters / John M. Flach and Rik Warren -- 8. Constructing an Econiche / William H. Warren, Jr. -- 9. Designing with Affordances in Mind / Brian S. Zaff -- 10. Use of a Means-End Abstraction Hierarchy to Conceptualize the Ergonomic Design of Workplaces / Marvin J. Dainoff and Leonard S. Mark -- 11. Dimensionless Invariants for Intentional Systems: Measuring the Fit of Vehicular Activities to Environmental Layout / Robert E. Shaw, Oded M. Flascher and Endre E. Kadar -- 12. "Center of Mass Perception": Affordances as Dispositions by Dynamics / Geoffrey P. Bingham and Michael M. Muchisky. |
Series Title: | Resources for ecological psychology. |
Responsibility: | edited by John Flach [and others]. |
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"It contains 12 chapters that, in general,tackle theoretical problems in human-machine systems. Because the contributors are active researchers, they are able to present both the conceptual issues and actual examples of ecological principles in solving design problems."-Contemporary Psychology Read more...
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