Human Engineering Principles Applied to a Laboratory Development Model: A Demonstration.

Development of complex and technically sophisticated electronic equipment for use aboard ship often proceeds from concept to prototype with little or no consideration of human factors. The introduction of the human operator to the system at the production stage results in requirements for human factors modifications to be retrofit into system designs. An evaluation of the human factors of a laboratory model of a system (Integrated Calibration and Test System) was made to illustrate some of the human design factors to system design engineers and to show that human engineering design should begin early in system developments. (Author)