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Digital human modelling over four decades

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posted on 2016-03-21, 11:46 authored by Keith Case, Russell MarshallRussell Marshall, Steve SummerskillSteve Summerskill
This 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.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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International Journal of the Digital Human

Citation

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.

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© InterScience

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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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

2016-01-07

Publication date

2016-06-27

Notes

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

2046-3375

eISSN

2046-3383

Language

  • en

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