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<dl><dd>The objective of this research effort is to design and implement a laboratory and establish a research  method focused on scientific evaluation of human factors considerations for military individual  equipment under both laboratory and field conditions. This integrated approach for laboratory and field  conditions is the first of its kind for military human factors research, enabling an unparalleled degree of  scientific rigor in the collection of empirical human factors data. This effort includes: 1) a state-of-the-art  usability laboratory designed specifically for quantitatively evaluating military individual equipment</dd>
<dd>2) a  rugged, embarkable, fully self-contained, portable usability laboratory for field research in military  environments</dd>
<dd>3) a codified manual for using the two main configurations (stationary and portable) of the  usability laboratory, written for the beginning usability researcher</dd>
<dd>4) a set of validated procedures for  applying sound human factors principles, and traditional and non-parametric statistics to the specific  problem of usability testing of military individual equipment</dd>
<dd>5) a proof-of-concept practical application of  the laboratory and procedures to a specific problem, namely the usability testing of ruggedized personal  digital assistants (RPDAs) designed for United States Special Forces operations.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Military research; Human engineering; Operations research</div>
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Takagi, Koichi</div>
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