Coping with human errors through system design: implications for ecological interface design
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Cognitive systems engineering
Making the abstraction hierarchy concrete
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Trust, self-confidence, and operators' adaptation to automation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Safeware: system safety and computers
Safeware: system safety and computers
Navigation strategies with ecological displays
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Cognitive Work Analysis: Towards Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work
Cognitive Work Analysis: Towards Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work
Process Control Instrumentation Technology
Process Control Instrumentation Technology
Process Control Systems: Principles of Design, Operation and Interfacing
Process Control Systems: Principles of Design, Operation and Interfacing
Information Processing and Human-Machine Interaction: An Approach to Cognitive Engineering
Information Processing and Human-Machine Interaction: An Approach to Cognitive Engineering
Work domain analysis and sensors I: principles and simple example
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Supporting Cognitive Work Analysis with the Work Domain Analysis Workbench (WDAW)
OZCHI '98 Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Computer Human Interaction
Ecological Interface Design for Petrochemical Process Control: An Empirical Assessment
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
Work domain analysis and sensors I: principles and simple example
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Ecological interface design and sensor noise
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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In this paper we use sensor-annotated abstraction hierarchies (Reising & Sanderson, 1996, 2002a, b) to show that unless appropriately instrumented, configural displays designed according to the principles of ecological interface design (EID) might be vulnerable to misinterpretation when sensors become unreliable or are unavailable. Building on foundations established in Reising and Sanderson (2002a) we use a pasteurization process control example to show how sensor-annotated AHs help the analyst determine the impact of different instrumentation engineering policies on a configural display that is part of an ecological interface. Our analyses suggest that configural displays showing higher-order properties of a system are especially vulnerable under some conservative instrumentation configurations. However, sensor-annotated AHs can be used to indicate where corrective instrumentation might be placed. We argue that if EID is to be effectively employed in the design of displays for complex systems, then the information needs of the human operator need to be considered while instrumentation requirements are being formulated. Rasmussen's abstraction hierarchy--and particularly its extension to the analysis of information captured by sensors and derived from sensors--may therefore be a useful adjunct to upstream instrumentation design.