Implications of the System Concept for Human Factors Research Methodology
David Meister · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 1977
This paper discusses the following topics: the underlying assumptions and goals of Human Factors (HF) and their implications for HF research; the major HF research problems to be solved. The concept is advanced that HF is a distinctive discipline with special research requirements and needs that have so far not been satisfied.