Product Description
- An excellent reference source on Engineering Usability
- Requires no previous knowledge to understand its contents
- Provides basics of human factors, human error, and human reliability
- Provides latest knowledge on usability and related areas
- Covers the most up-to-date material
- Provides a comprehensive list of references
- Cites references at appropriate places as required
- Contains problems at the end of each chapter
Details
Today, billions of dollars are being spent annually to produce new products using modern technologies. The usability of these products has become important than ever before because of their increasing complexity, sophis cation, and non-specialist users. Needless to say, the usability of products has become important in all sectors of economy. For example, over 30% of all so ware development projects are cancelled before their comple on primarily due to inadequate user design input which resul ng into a loss of over $100 billion annually to the U.S. economy alone. Some studies indicate that 80% of product maintenance is due to the unforeseen user requirements. This book is wri en to sa sfy that vital need.
Key Features
Additional Information
| Publisher | American Scientific Publishers |
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| Binding | Hardcover |
| Year | 2004 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Pages | 200 |
| Author | B. S. Dhillon |