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Summary
Summary
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, and describes a variety of ways in which information technology is expected to develop in the forseeable future. Nickerson summarizes the development of information technology and discusses many of its applications - in farming, research, education and training, manufacturing, general management, retailing, defense, and elsewhere - that have already had a substantial impact on society. He reviews the human-factors research that has been done and is underway, with special attention to the physical and cognitive interface, including languages, conversational interactions, and the concepts of friendliness and usability. Raymond S. Nickerson is Senior Vice President of BBN Laboratories, a subsidiary of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. A Bradford Book.
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The main focus of Nickerson's book is on the human factors of computer-based systems, a relatively new, often neglected, but emerging field. The primary audience for whom the book is written are engineering psychologists and human-factors researchers. Hence, the work is easy to read and requires little technical knowledge of computers. A broad variety of topics are covered, including uses and users of information systems, person-computer interactions and interfaces, communication and technology of information systems, and artificial intelligence. Nickerson summarizes the current status of these topics and provides further directions for research in the human factors of information systems. Special merits of this book include an extensive, nearly exhaustive bibliography, name and subject indexes. Highly recommended as an introductory documentation of the important issues of human factors for an undergraduate student.-J.Y. Cheung, University of Oklahoma
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| 1 Introduction | p. 1 |
| 2 Backdrop | p. 9 |
| 3 Uses and Users of Information Systems | p. 34 |
| 4 Anticipated Developments | p. 54 |
| 5 The Study of Person-Computer Interaction | p. 74 |
| 6 The Physical Interface | p. 89 |
| 7 The Cognitive Interface | p. 112 |
| 8 Software Tools | p. 153 |
| 9 Communication and Information Services | p. 171 |
| 10 Information Technology and Jobs | p. 200 |
| 11 Information Systems in the Office | p. 213 |
| 12 Designing Interactive Systems | p. 221 |
| 13 Some User Issues | p. 240 |
| 14 Programming | p. 257 |
| 15 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems | p. 275 |
| 16 Some Research Challenges | p. 315 |
| 17 Quality of Life: The Fundamental Issue | p. 321 |
| 18 A Perspective | p. 348 |
| References | p. 361 |
| Index | p. 419 |
