human factors engineering
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human factors engineering — UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION HFE) ► the act of studying how people use systems or equipment in order to design, develop, and create technology that is safer, more effective, etc.: »Human Factors Engineering is used to improve patient safety by… … Financial and business terms
human-factors engineering — ▪ bioengineering Introduction also called ergonomics, or human engineering, science dealing with the application of information on physical and psychological characteristics to the design of devices and systems for human use. The … Universalium
human factors engineering — noun plural but singular in construction see human factors … Useful english dictionary
Human factors integration — is the process adopted by a number of key industries (notably defence and hazardous industries like oil gas) in Europe to integrate human factors elements into the systems engineering process. Although each industry has a slightly different… … Wikipedia
Human factors — For other uses, see The Human Factor (disambiguation). Research subject in a human fatigue study. Human factors science or human factors technologies is a multidisciplinary field incorporating contributions from psychology, engineering,… … Wikipedia
human factors — noun plural but singular in construction : ergonomics called also human factors engineering … Useful english dictionary
Человеческие факторы (human factors) — Этими двумя словами стали обозначать многоотраслевую прикл. науку и область практики, нацеленные на анализ и учет Ч. ф. в совр. технике, или взаимосвязей между технологическими процессами и продукцией (системами, средой, машинами), с одной… … Психологическая энциклопедия
Human reliability — is related to the field of human factors engineering, and refers to the reliability of humans in fields such as manufacturing, transportation, the military, or medicine. Human performance can be affected by many factors such as age, circadian… … Wikipedia
Human-computer interaction — Human–computer interaction or HCI is the study of interaction between people (users) and computers. It is often regarded as the intersection of computer science, behavioral sciences, design and several other fields of study. Interaction between… … Wikipedia
Human error assessment and reduction technique — (HEART) is a technique used in the field of human reliability assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken… … Wikipedia
