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A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics
The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) and to show how these two sciences developed, ergonomics in Europe and HFE in the U.S. rn<br> rn<br> rnThe world ergonomics is derived from the Greek words ergo (work) and nomos (laws). European ergonomics has its roots in work physiology, biomechanics, and workstation design. Human factors, on the other hand, originated from research in experimental psychology, where the focus was on human performance and systems design. <br> <br> But there are several other names, such as engineering psychology, and more recently cognitive engineering and cognitice systemns engineering.
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