Using computers : the human factors of information systems /

"Industry veteran Raymond Nickerson provides an extensive introduction to the information technology revolution that is transforming industrial society. He focuses particularly on the study of person-computer interaction, noting how computers are affecting their users and society as a whole, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nickerson, Raymond S.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1986.
Subjects:	Computers. Electronic data processing. Human engineering. Human-computer interaction. Information storage and retrieval systems. Electronic digital computers. Computer science.
Online Access:	CONNECT CONNECT

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Backdrop
3. Uses and users of information systems
4. Anticipated developments
5. The study of person-computer interaction
6. The physical interface
7. The cognitive interface
8. Software tools
9. Communication and information services
10. Information technology and jobs
11. Information systems in the office
12. Designing interactive systems
13. Some user issues
14. Programming
15. Artificial intelligence and expert systems
16. Some research challenges
17. Quality of life: the fundamental issue
18. A perspective.

Using computers : the human factors of information systems /

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