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55
Citations
10350
World Ranking
3030
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905

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering development of models of human-system interaction for applications in complex engineering systems.
  • 1985 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to understanding and modeling human decision making and problem solving in engineering systems.

Overview

William B. Rouse is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. They have contributed to research across multiple fields including Management Science and Operations Research, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Medical Laboratory Technology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work focuses on topics such as Complex Systems and Decision Making, Digital Transformation in Industry, Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications, Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Ergonomics and Human Factors, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by William B. Rouse include:

  • AI as Systems Engineering Augmented Intelligence for Systems Engineers, 2020, published in Insight
  • Understanding the complexity of health, 2020, published in Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Frequent co-authors of William B. Rouse are:

  • David W. Houseknecht
  • Waldemar Karwowski
  • Gavriel Salvendy
  • Vincent G. Duffy
  • Palma Botterell

Their work has been published in venues including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • International Journal of Production Research
  • Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
  • Insight
  • Systems Medicine

William B. Rouse has authored books primarily published by Productivity Press eBooks and Oxford University Press. Notable book titles include:

  • From Human-Centered Design to Human-Centered Society, 2023
  • Innovations for Transformation, 2025
  • Bigger Pictures for Innovation, 2022
  • The Power of Games, 2024
  • Health and Well-Being Risks for Organizations and People, 2025
  • Transforming Public-Private Ecosystems, 2022

Awards received by William B. Rouse include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1991, for pioneering development of models of human-system interaction for applications in complex engineering systems
  • IEEE Fellow in 1985, for contributions to understanding and modeling human decision making and problem solving in engineering systems

Best Publications

  • Complexity of service value networks: conceptualization and empirical investigation

    R. C. Basole;W. B. Rouse

  • The role of mental models in team performance in complex systems

    W.B. Rouse;J.A. Cannon-Bowers;E. Salas

  • Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management

    Andrew P. Sage;William B. Rouse

  • Human Detection and Diagnosis of System Failures

    William B. Rouse;Jens Rasmussen

  • Analysis and classification of human error

    William B. Rouse;Sandra H. Rouse

  • Human-Computer Interaction in the Control of Dynamic Systems

    William B. Rouse

  • An Architecture for Intelligent Interfaces: Outline of an Approach to Supporting Operators of Complex Systems

    William B. Rouse;Norman D. Geddes;Renwick E. Curry

  • Paper: Models of human problem solving: Detection, diagnosis, and compensation for system failures

    W. B. Rouse

  • Systems Engineering Models of Human-Machine Interaction

    W. B. Rouse;K. Preston White

  • Design for Success: A Human-Centered Approach to Designing Successful Products and Systems

    William B. Rouse

  • Enterprise transformation

    William B. Rouse;Marietta L. Baba

  • Human-Computer Interaction in Multitask Situations

    William B. Rouse

  • Enterprises as systems: Essential challenges and approaches to transformation

    William B. Rouse

  • Human information seeking and design of information systems.

    William B. Rouse;Sandra H. Rouse

  • Modeling the dynamics of mental workload and human performance in complex systems

    W.B. Rouse;S.L. Edwards;J.M. Hammer

  • The effects of type of knowledge upon human problem solving in a process control task

    N. M. Morris;W. B. Rouse

  • Complex engineered, organizational and natural systems: Issues Underlying the Complexity of Systems and Fundamental Research Needed To Address These Issues

    William B. Rouse

  • Engineering complex systems: implications for research in systems engineering

    W.B. Rouse

  • Information Systems Frontiers in Knowledge Management

    Andrew P. Sage;William B. Rouse

  • Adaptive Allocation of Decisionmaking Responsibility between Human and Computer in Multitask Situations

    Yee-Yeen Chu;William B. Rouse

  • Mathematical Concepts for Modeling Human Behavior in Complex Man-Machine Systems

    Gunnar Johannsen;William B. Rouse

Frequent Co-Authors

Ling Liu
Ling Liu Georgia Institute of Technology
James Caverlee
James Caverlee Texas A&M University
Mark V. Pauly
Mark V. Pauly University of Pennsylvania
Barry Boehm
Barry Boehm University of Southern California
Nenad Medvidovic
Nenad Medvidovic University of Southern California
Jerome R. Busemeyer
Jerome R. Busemeyer Indiana University
Chi-Yue Chiu
Chi-Yue Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eduardo Salas
Eduardo Salas Rice University
Janis A. Cannon-Bowers
Janis A. Cannon-Bowers University of Central Florida
Mo Jamshidi
Mo Jamshidi The University of Texas at San Antonio

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