INTERFACES BETWEEN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH,

Abstract

The point of departure for the paper was a rather recent administrative realignment putting Human Factors and Operations Research in the same division of the Army Research Office. The theme has been that the two disciplines have more than an administrative framework in common. Human Factors researchers can benefit considerably from increased knowledge of Operations Research, and Operations Research can benefit from increased sophistication and interest in Human Factors areas. Certainly the two disciplines share objectives, and they have many similarities in how they approach a problem and how they judge the critical elements in the work and in the results. The special viewpoints and skills of each discipline seem to complement those of the other.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0649863

Entities

People

  • Eugene A. Cogan

Organizations

  • George Washington University

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  • Army Operations
  • Illinois
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research

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