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Digital human modelling over four decades
journal contribution
posted on 2016-03-21, 11:46 authored by Keith Case, Russell MarshallRussell Marshall, Steve SummerskillSteve SummerskillThis paper aims to provide a retrospective of the use of a digital human modelling tool (SAMMIE) that was perhaps the first usable tool and is still active today. Relationships between digital human modelling and inclusive design, engineering design and ergonomics practice are discussed using examples from design studies using SAMMIE and government-funded research. Important issues such as accuracy of representation and handling multivariate rather than univariate evaluations are discussed together with methods of use in terms of defining end product users and tasks. Consideration is given to the use of the digital human modelling approach by non-ergonomists particularly with respect to understanding of the impact of human variability, jurisdiction and communication issues.
Funding
The funding by the Science Research Council and its successor the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council is also gratefully acknowledged.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
International Journal of the Digital HumanCitation
CASE, K., MARSHALL. R. and SUMMERSKILL, S., 2016. Digital human modelling over four decades. International Journal of the Digital Human, 1 (2), pp. 112-131.Publisher
© InterScienceVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-01-07Publication date
2016-06-27Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal International Journal of the Digital Human and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJDH.2016.077408.ISSN
2046-3375eISSN
2046-3383Publisher version
Language
- en