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A Function Allocation Strategy for Human–Machine Systems in Armored Vehicles Based on Evolutionary Game Theory and System Dynamics 基于演化博弈论和系统动力学的装甲车辆人机系统功能分配策略

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70014

Qingyang Huang, Yuning Wei, Jingyuan Zhang, Xiucheng Xu, Mingyang Guo, Fang Xie, Xiaoping Jin

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Human Error Identification and Risk Prioritization in Human–Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing 制造中人机协作中的人为错误识别与风险优先排序

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-05-25 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70012

Li Liu, Shixiong Sheng, Jiansi Li, Siu Shing Man

{"title":"Human Error Identification and Risk Prioritization in Human–Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing","authors":"Li Liu, Shixiong Sheng, Jiansi Li, Siu Shing Man","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Human error recognition and subsequent prioritization are the most important tasks in the human–robot reliability analysis. This study aims to address the issue of human error in human–robot collaboration (HRC) by developing a model for identifying and assessing risks. First, the key tasks performed by operators during HRC were identified using the hierarchical task analysis, and a cognitive model was built based on information processing theory. This model breaks down the collaboration process into stages and identifies potential human errors at each step. Next, failure modes and effects analysis and evidence reasoning were applied to quantify the risk levels of these errors. Finally, the risks associated with human errors were measured, ranked, and compared with existing studies, and recommendations were made. The findings showed that the leading causes of safety risks in HRC are fatigue, illegal operations, error operations, misjudgments, and misperception. The perception stage of the process was found to carry the highest risk level, which means operators are more likely to make errors during the perception stage than during decision or execution, largely due to factors such as fatigue, distraction, and misperception. These results provide important theoretical support for improving safety in HRC and offer practical suggestions for refining risk management strategies in HRC systems.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144135639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-05-25 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70013

Anne-Claire Macquet, Marion Trousselard

{"title":"Injury-Related Acute Pain in Elite Sport: A Model of Athletes' Pain Management Strategies","authors":"Anne-Claire Macquet, Marion Trousselard","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Acute pain from injury is a major concern in sport and public health. Athletes are known to have higher pain tolerance than the general population, suggesting that they may manage pain differently. This study aims to elicit the “how” and “why” of acute pain management strategies when coping with sport injuries. A thematic analysis of qualitative data involved 12 injured elite athletes (EAs) to ascertain their drug and nondrug acute pain management strategies. Results showed 14 strategies relating to two functions: problem-focused and emotion-focused. Six problem-focused strategies aimed to change the relationship between an individual and his/her environment: (a) modulating activity; (b) seeking instrumental support; (c) goal setting; (d) encouraging oneself; (e) taking painkillers; and (f) reframing the perception of pain. Eight emotion-focused strategies aimed to manage emotional distress: (a) diverting attention; (b) acceptance; (c) relativising pain; (d) repeating negative thoughts; (e) ignoring pain; (f) seeking emotional support; (g) hoping and praying; and (h) self-blame. EAs were shown to favor three strategies: modulating activity, diverting attention, and seeking instrumental support. Results showed a repertoire of acute pain management strategies and the function each strategy served. The variety of pain management strategies reinforces the coping functions (Lazarus and Folkman 1984) and suggests newly-identified flexibility in coping with acute pain extending beyond previous results on chronic pain. Results enriched the pain management approach concerning nondrug-strategies for patients in acute pain. They could offer new perspectives on human factors in health to improve acute pain management in the general population.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144135670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Pilot Fatigue Prediction Method Based on Dynamic Bayesian Networks 基于动态贝叶斯网络的飞行员疲劳预测方法

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70011

Yao Zhou, Dengkai Chen, Jianghao Xiao, Yao Xiao, Yihui Lu, Youyi Zhang

{"title":"A Pilot Fatigue Prediction Method Based on Dynamic Bayesian Networks","authors":"Yao Zhou, Dengkai Chen, Jianghao Xiao, Yao Xiao, Yihui Lu, Youyi Zhang","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Pilots of long-haul aircraft face a variety of challenges, including unstable flight environments, confined and narrow cockpit spaces, complex human–machine system operations, multiple tasks, and long-haul flight times. This study analyzed the factors leading to pilot fatigue from four aspects (human, machine, environment, task) and predicted the fatigue risk of long-haul flights using a dynamic Bayesian networks method. First, we identified factors related to fatigue during long-haul flights from four aspects: human, machine, environment, and task, and established an index system containing 20 fatigue risk factors. Second, 10 experts in the field of aviation evaluated these factors within the fatigue risk system to derive the prior probabilities for the dynamic Bayesian networks on pilot fatigue on long-haul flights. Finally, we introduced the Noisy-OR model to derive the conditional probabilities and calculated the posterior probabilities using the dynamic Bayesian networks. We validated the proposed method with a real case study, and the results showed that this method can predict fatigue during long-haul flights.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144118053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of Reliability, Its Framing and Error Bias on Trust in Human-Vehicle Collaboration 可靠性及其框架和误差偏差对人车协作信任的影响

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70008

Jue Li, Yilu Ye, Long Liu, Andreas Butz

{"title":"Effect of Reliability, Its Framing and Error Bias on Trust in Human-Vehicle Collaboration","authors":"Jue Li, Yilu Ye, Long Liu, Andreas Butz","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>System reliability promotes trust, but may also impair human monitoring performance and in turn affects trust. This effect varies across different errors. This study examined the effect of automation reliability (100%, 75%, and 50%) and its framing (negative and positive description of reliability), and error bias (false alarm and miss) on user trust and its related factors in the automated driving system (ADS). Each participant completed 16 trials with human-vehicle collaboration task in a static driving simulator. The results showed that ADS with higher reliability positively impact user trust, but negatively impact situation awareness. Users' trust was higher in false alarm (FA) events than in miss events, but task success and situation awareness were higher in miss events. This study revealed an unusual negative correlation between trust and situational awareness in human-vehicle collaboration and provided possible insights into the internal factors of error bias in automation. Our finding has implications for reliability disclosure strategies and trust calibration.</p>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hfm.70008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Performance Optimization of the an Health Tourism Organization: An Integrated Approach Based on Resilience Engineering and Emotional Intelligence 健康旅游组织绩效优化：基于弹性工程和情绪智力的综合方法

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70003

Homayoun Oghbatalab, Mahdi Hamid, Behnaz Salimi, Masoud Rabbani

{"title":"Performance Optimization of the an Health Tourism Organization: An Integrated Approach Based on Resilience Engineering and Emotional Intelligence","authors":"Homayoun Oghbatalab, Mahdi Hamid, Behnaz Salimi, Masoud Rabbani","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Every year, health tourism organizations (HTOs) provide numerous patients worldwide with specialized or less costly medical services. Any crisis or uncertainty can have detrimental effects on the performance of these organizations, the behavior and emotions of staff, as well as the economy of the host country. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the resilience of these organizations and the behavior of their staff in facing challenges and crises. In this study, we assessed the performance of an HTO in Tehran using resilience engineering and emotional intelligence indicators. The required data were collected using standard questionnaires, and data envelopment analysis was employed to study the performance of this HTO. Sensitivity analysis was applied to evaluate the performance of the HTO concerning each indicator. Finally, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats matrix was applied to propose strategies aimed at enhancing the performance of the studied HTO.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Impact of Mind-Wandering on Driller's Situation Awareness in Drilling Operations: Based on SAGAT and EEG 钻井作业中走神对司钻态势感知的影响——基于SAGAT和EEG

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70010

Su Hao, Xu Lifei, Xie Ruiying, Wang Jian, Jiang Jiaxin, Fan Siping, Wang Xiaoqin, Qing Xin, Zeng Yuhang

{"title":"The Impact of Mind-Wandering on Driller's Situation Awareness in Drilling Operations: Based on SAGAT and EEG","authors":"Su Hao, Xu Lifei, Xie Ruiying, Wang Jian, Jiang Jiaxin, Fan Siping, Wang Xiaoqin, Qing Xin, Zeng Yuhang","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the high-risk environment of drilling operations, mind-wandering is a significant contributor to unsafe behavior and reduced safety performance. Despite its critical impact, few studies have focused on the cognitive characteristics of mind-wandering and its influence on situation awareness (SA). This study sought to bridge the research divide by utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) to explore the link between mind-wandering and brain activity, with the objective of establishing an objective means to monitor drillers’ mind-wandering. Utilizing the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) in a simulated drilling monitoring task, we compared the states of 50 natural gas drillers before and after their shifts. Brainwave data were recorded and categorized into pre-shift and post-shift groups. Our analysis revealed a significant increase in mind-wandering post-shift, coupled with a notable decline in SA. This effect was especially pronounced during complex tasks, such as gas kick simulation videos, where response times increased and delta and alpha band power in the frontal lobes significantly rose. These findings suggest that mind-wandering adversely affects SA, particularly in complex task scenarios. The identified neural indicators offer objective measures of drillers’ cognitive states and can inform attention training and fatigue management strategies. By providing safety managers with real-time insights into workers’ attention, mind-wandering detection can help mitigate errors and enhance operational safety in high-risk environments.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Co-Designing the Sound of Safety: Embracing Complexity in the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System Sound for Zero Emission Buses 安全声音的协同设计：零排放客车车辆声报警系统声音的复杂性

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70004

Christina Kirsch, A. Baki Kocaballi, Andrew Johnston, Anjum Naweed, Ian Stevenson

{"title":"Co-Designing the Sound of Safety: Embracing Complexity in the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System Sound for Zero Emission Buses","authors":"Christina Kirsch, A. Baki Kocaballi, Andrew Johnston, Anjum Naweed, Ian Stevenson","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Around the world, transport organizations are transitioning their bus fleets from internal combustion engines to electrified zero emission buses (ZEBs). The quiet nature of these buses raises safety concerns for vulnerable road users. To address these concerns, new standards mandate that electric vehicles, including ZEBs, be equipped with an acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS) emitting sound at low speeds, to make vehicles more detectable. However, developing an effective AVAS sound requires balancing safety and technical constraints with diverse stakeholder needs. Using codesign, this study conducted a series of risk-focused subject matter expertize workshops (<i>n</i> = 15), and a large user-experience focused participatory design workshop (<i>n</i> = 41) to inform the AVAS sound design. The latter included empathy and user journey mapping techniques, facilitating the collection of insights from various perspectives. Results revealed stakeholder preferences for an AVAS sound that was both alerting and positive, and embodied qualities like calmness, politeness, and vibrancy. The workshops allowed for refinement of sound design requirements, although challenges emerged in balancing conflicting preferences and managing technical limitations to create a sound that could be both perceptible and nonintrusive. This study provides a framework for the development of an AVAS sound that could capture a range of stakeholder needs and preferences and lays a foundation for AVAS sounds that enhance safety while being positively received. It highlights the importance of inclusive, iterative design in advancing public transport safety and sustainability, with outcomes supporting the future sound design, testing, and implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hfm.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Application of a Systems Thinking-Based Risk Assessment Method to Identify Hospital Emergency Evacuation Risks 基于系统思维的风险评估方法在医院紧急疏散风险识别中的应用

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70001

Morteza Mahdavi, Fakhradin Ghasemi, Leila Omidi

{"title":"The Application of a Systems Thinking-Based Risk Assessment Method to Identify Hospital Emergency Evacuation Risks","authors":"Morteza Mahdavi, Fakhradin Ghasemi, Leila Omidi","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Human factors methods, as a systems discipline, can be applied across various areas of working systems. Risk assessment methods are particularly useful for identifying risks that may impact the performance of overall working systems, groups, and individuals. The emergency evacuation process in hospitals involves multiple risks that can significantly affect its performance. This study applied a systems thinking-based risk assessment method to identify risks associated with hospital emergency evacuations. The Networked Hazard Analysis and Risk Management System (Net-HARMS) method was utilized to identify all credible risks in the hospital evacuation process during emergencies that could degrade optimal performance. Some of the key risks identified in the hospital emergency evacuation process included delays in assessing risks associated with evacuation procedures, failures or delays in forming and appointing an emergency evacuation and command team, and inadequate intra- and interorganizational coordination. Additionally, emerging risks were identified, such as delays in the evacuation process due to staff lacking sufficient information about the evacuation and incident command team members, as well as delays in receiving assistance from external organizations like the fire department and Red Crescent due to inadequate interorganizational coordination processes. These risks arose from the interactions between activities. The study concludes that the Net-HARMS method is effective in forecasting systemic and emergent risks in the hospital evacuation process, as well as identifying risks associated with specific activities and emergent risks in this critical process.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Outline or Solid? The Role of Icon Style on User's Perception 轮廓还是实心？图标风格对用户感知的作用

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1002/hfm.70006

Zhangfan Shen, Yi Wang, Moke Li, Jiaxiang Chen, Zhanpeng Hu

{"title":"Outline or Solid? The Role of Icon Style on User's Perception","authors":"Zhangfan Shen, Yi Wang, Moke Li, Jiaxiang Chen, Zhanpeng Hu","doi":"10.1002/hfm.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite the many studies investigated the impact of icon design on usability in the past, few have compared outline icons with solid icons. This study combines familiarity training, recognition tasks, and visual search tasks to explore how icon design style and internal cognitive characteristics jointly affect visual perception. A total of 120 pairs of solid icons and corresponding outline icons were collected and designed. Subsequently, participants were asked to rate icons based on familiarity and concreteness, excluding those that were either too familiar or too unfamiliar. After 27 participants were familiarized with all of the icons over two training sessions, they were required to complete the task of recalling icons with relevant semantic meanings. Finally, to further decompose the users' visual perception process, participants' ability to visually search for icons was additionally tested. The results indicated that participants performed significantly better at recognizing and visually searching for solid icons, especially when they were unfamiliar. However, the visual perception advantage decreased with an increase in familiarity. In addition, strong evidence was found indicating that concrete solid icons have the highest visual search performance. The findings in this study provide practical guidelines for user interface design.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55048,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143845913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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