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Title Cognitive work analysis : coping with complexity / Daniel P. Jenkins [and others]
Published Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 268 pages) : illustrations, plans
Series Human factors in defence
Human factors in defence.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Commonly Used Analysis Acronyms and Initialisms; Commonly Used Military Acronyms and Initialisms; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 2 It's a Complex World; 3 Interaction Design; 4 Application of CWA in Familiar Domains; 5 Applications of CWA in a Complex World; 6 Using CWA to Design for Dynamic Allocation of Function; 7 Designing Interfaces Using CWA; 8 Development of a CWA Software Tool; 9 Does the Tool Make the CWA Process any Quicker or Easier?; 10 Conclusions; Appendix: Can it be Taught?; Bibliography; Index
Summary Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) is a structured framework specifically developed for considering the development and analysis of complex socio-technical systems. Cognitive Work Analysis: Coping with Complexity contains a comprehensive description of CWA, introducing it to the uninitiated. It then presents a number of applications in complex military domains to explore the benefits of CWA and pays particular attention to investigating the CWA framework in its entirety
Notes Defence Technology Centre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index
Notes English
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Subject Command and control systems -- Data processing
Human-machine systems -- Design
Human-computer interaction.
System analysis
Systems Analysis
systems analysis.
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Command and control systems -- Data processing
Human-computer interaction
Human-machine systems -- Design
System analysis
Form Electronic book
Author Jenkins, Daniel P.
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre.
ISBN 9780754691846
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9781317164715
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9781317164708
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9781281894229
9786611894221
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