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Digital Library of the
European Council for Modelling and Simulation |
Title: |
Scientific Approaches For The Industrial Workstations Ergonomic
Design: A Review |
Authors: |
Terry Bossomaier, Agostino
Bruzzone, Antonio Cimino, Francesco Longo, Giovanni Mirabelli |
Published in: |
(2010).ECMS
2010 Proceedings edited by A Bargiela S A Ali D
Crowley E J H Kerckhoffs. European Council for
Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2010 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-1-2 24th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Simulation Meets Global Challenges Kuala
Lumpur, June 1-4 2010 |
Citation
format: |
Bossomaier, T., Bruzzone,
A., Cimino, A., Longo, F., & Mirabelli, G. (2010). Scientific Approaches For The
Industrial Workstations Ergonomic Design: A Review. ECMS 2010 Proceedings
edited by A Bargiela S A Ali D Crowley E J H Kerckhoffs (pp. 189-199). European Council for Modeling
and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2010-0189-0199 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2010-0189-0199 |
Abstract: |
Over the last years ergonomic
problems have received growing attention due to their effects on industrial
plants efficiency and productivity. Many theories, principles, methods and
data relevant to the workstation design have been generated through
ergonomics research. However, no general frameworks have been suggested, yet.
The time seems to be right for presenting a review paper on the scientific
studies whose aim is to achieve the ergonomic design of industrial
workstations. To this end, it is the intent of the authors to provide the
readers with an accurate overview on the main scientific approaches proposed
(during the last two decades) by researchers and scientists working in this
specific area. In particular, two main scientific approaches have been
identified. The first approach is based on the direct analysis of the real
workstations, while the second one uses computerized models to design
workstations ergonomically. Each scientific approach will be presented
through a detailed description of the research works it involves. The initial
search identifies a huge number of articles which
were reduced to about 60 studies based on content and quality. Note that the
research works description represents the core part of this literature
review. |
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