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Development and Testing of a New Computerized Link Analysis System
Author(s) -
Zhao Y.,
Hignett S.,
Mansfield N. J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20400
Subject(s) - computer science , event (particle physics) , task (project management) , link (geometry) , workspace , operator (biology) , link analysis , real time computing , data mining , information retrieval , artificial intelligence , systems engineering , engineering , computer network , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , repressor , quantum mechanics , transcription factor , robot , gene
Abstract Link analysis (LA) is a popular ergonomic tool for studying and improving the layout of workspaces. It uses a data (event) recording method to input interactions of human behavior with their environment. The traditional “pen and paper'' method of LA is cumbersome, time consuming, and gives limited outputs. To address these limitations, the computerized link analysis (CLA) system was developed and tested in laboratory and real‐world environments. CLA offers an integrated task analysis tool, including traditional LA functions (layout, event recording) with more detail for operator activities, time‐motion functions, and multioperator data recording. As well as the conventional LA results (link diagrams and link tables), there are additional outputs for time‐event lists (start/end time, duration, chronology, additional notes, importance, and operator ID), and processed link diagrams with the link direction and frequency. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.