Cognitive Systems Engineering

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 396 pages
• Published by: Wiley-Interscience
• Edition: 1st Edition August 2, 1994
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471011983
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471011989
• Book Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Product Description
The first comprehensive guide to designing highly usable, fully integrated computer-based information systems. Traditional human-computer interaction (HCI) and system design models have proven too narrow to adequately assess user requirements and to design usable and efficient computer-based information support systems. Taking modeling concepts from engineering, psychology, cognitive science, information science, and computer science, cognitive systems engineering (CSE) provides a much broader, more dynamic framework. This book is the first comprehensive guide to the emerging new field of cognitive systems engineering. Throughout, the emphasis is on powerful analytical techniques that enhance the systems designer's ability to see the "big picture," and to design for all crucial aspects of human-work interaction. Applicable to highly structured technical systems such as process plants, as well as less structured user-driven systems like libraries, these analytical techniques form the basis for the design and design evaluation guidelines that make up the bulk of this book. The authors also provide a chapter-length case history in which they chronicle the success of their approach when applied to a full-scale software design project.

Publisher Description
A profusely illustrated work based on the viewpoint that cognitive systems engineering should be considered as a cross-disciplinary marketplace. Deals with human-work design in a systematic manner. Demonstrates the cognitive systems engineering approach, enabling readers to apply the ideas in their own areas. Provides the foundation for structuring evaluation efforts and indicates the need for further work, cooperation and consensus. Features numerous examples to facilitate understanding.