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1. Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society

   By David W. Eby, Lisa J. Molnar, Paula S. Kartje

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   By 2030, 20 percent of the world’s drivers, 60 million in all, will be over the age of 65. Consequently, safe and efficient mobility for older adults is a complex and pressing issue. Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society addresses the complexities surrounding the booming number of aging...

   Published December 21st 2008 by CRC Press
2. Ten Questions About Human Error

   A New View of Human Factors and System Safety

   By Sidney Dekker

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   Ten Questions About Human Error asks the type of questions frequently posed in incident and accident investigations, people's own practice, managerial and organizational settings, policymaking, classrooms, Crew Resource Management Training, and error research. It is one installment in a larger...

   Published December 26th 2004 by CRC Press
3. Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology

   Edited by Pamela S. Tsang, Michael A. Vidulich

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology is an important addition to the literature in aviation psychology. Covering the history of aviation to the actual pilot actions and tasks today, the editors have brought together a wonderful set of contributors who are leaders in this field. The text...

   Published July 31st 2002 by CRC Press
4. Stress, Workload, and Fatigue

   Edited by Peter A. Hancock, Paula A. Desmond

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   The purpose of this volume is to seek out, describe, and explain the shared commonalities of stress, fatigue, and workload. To understand and predict human performance response, we have to reach beyond the sterile, information-processing models to incorporate the emotive, affective, or more...

   Published October 31st 2000 by CRC Press
5. Human Factors in Certification

   Edited by John A. Wise, V. David Hopkin

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   Much has happened to certification and to human factors during the past few years. In this volume, the editors and other specialists discuss the topic of human factors applied to certification. They focus on core topics in the certification process that have emerged in the study of product...

   Published July 31st 2000 by CRC Press
6. Aircrew Training and Assessment

   Edited by Harold F. O'Neil, Jr., Dee H. Andrews, Harold F. O'Neil

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   Aircrew Training and Assessment is designed for professionals in the aviation psychology, human factors, assessment and evaluation, vocational, technical, educational psychology, and educational technology communities. It explores the state of the art in the training and assessment of aircrews and...

   Published June 30th 2000 by CRC Press
7. Ergonomics and Safety of Intelligent Driver Interfaces

   Edited by Y. Ian Noy

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   Even to the casual observer of the automotive industry, it is clear that driving in the 21st century will be radically different from driving as we know it today. Significant advances in diverse technologies such as digital maps, communication links, processors, image processing, chipcards, traffic...

   Published December 31st 1996 by CRC Press
8. Aviation Automation

   The Search for A Human-centered Approach

   By Charles E. Billings

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   The advent of very compact, very powerful digital computers has made it possible to automate a great many processes that formerly required large, complex machinery. Digital computers have made possible revolutionary changes in industry, commerce, and transportation. This book, an expansion and...

   Published September 30th 1996 by CRC Press
9. Automation and Human Performance

   Theory and Applications

   Edited by Raja Parasuraman, Mustapha Mouloua

   Series: Human Factors in Transportation

   There is perhaps no facet of modern society where the influence of computer automation has not been felt. Flight management systems for pilots, diagnostic and surgical aids for physicians, navigational displays for drivers, and decision-aiding systems for air-traffic controllers, represent only a...

   Published May 31st 1996 by CRC Press