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Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics, 3rd Edition
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Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics, 3rd Edition

by Stephen J. Guastello
April 2023
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
708 pages
24h 52m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics, 3rd Edition
204 Human factors engineering and ergonomics
earlier generation of equipment worked well for detecting the older gener-
ation of metallic mines, but it performed poorly against the newer gener-
ation of landmines that replaced most of the metal with plastic and were
often smaller in size. A design for detection equipment was developed with a
new sensor system at a cost of $38M over nine years, but first- run tests with
operators who were already trained on the older equipment showed that
the new system was not appreciably better than the old one for detecting
low- metallic mines. The solution was to redevelop the training program
for the new equipment ...
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ISBN: 9781000822045