Human Factors for Informatics Usability

Name: Human Factors for Informatics Usability
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ISBN: 9780521365703

ISBN-10: 0521365708

ISBN-13: 9780521365703

Edition: 1991

Authors: B. Shackel, S. J. Richardson

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Human factors are a critical issue in informatics or information technology systems as the computer industry realizes the need to change from technology-dominated goals to the needs of computer users. The study of human factors can help to improve the usability of information systems and to help reduce the huge costs of human-computer interactions. However, information technology equipment is not easy to use. Even specialists in computing and information technology have difficulty with equipment produced by other experts. This book shows how knowledge and methods from the field of ergonomics can be used to help make information technology equipment easier to use. The principal audience is…

Book details

List price: $153.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/14/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English



Preface


Contributors


Acknowledgements



Informatics Usability - Background and Overview



Human factors for informatics usability - background and overview



Usability - context, framework, definition, design and evaluation



The business case for human factors in informatics



System Design - Orientation and Approaches



Human factors contributions to the design process



Helping the IT designer to use human factors



Interface design issues for the system designer



An approach to formalised procedures for user-centred system design



Special Topics in Depth



The contributions of applied cognitive psychology to the study of human-compute interaction



Formal models and techniques in human-computer interaction



Designing expert systems for usability



Organisational Aspects and Design in Large Systems



Organisational issues and task analysis



Participation in systems design - what can it offer?



Towards a human factors strategy for information technology



Design and Evaluation - Some Specific Methods



A taxonomy and rule base for the selection of interaction styles



Designing and evaluating documentation for IT users



Evaluating usability


References


Author index


Subject index