Lehane, Pat and Toleman, Mark and Benecke, John (1999) Applying ecological interface design to experimental apparatus used to monitor a refrigeration plant. In: 1st Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2000), 31 Jan - 3 Feb 2000, Canberra, Australia.
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Abstract
[Abstract]: A small refrigeration plant, for teaching refrigeration theory, used a control console built to traditional design guidelines: one output in the display for each sensor in the plant. This style of console is notorious for inducing high cognitive loads on operators and for displaying redundant data. Often the high cognitive load is the result of inconsistency between the intent for displaying the data and the format of the displayed data. An interface, based on Ecological Interface Design Theory (EID) was designed and implemented. The completed interface provided the operator with information commensurate with the operator's mental model derived from the system image. During testing of the new interface the expert operator's mental model of the refrigeration system was modified due to improved observation of teh refrigeration plant's operational parameters. The application achieved the desired result and reduced the operator's workload by removing a cognitive task - determining system stability - from the operator's task list.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ecological interface design, mental model, system image, design model, cognitive load |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 09 Engineering > 0913 Mechanical Engineering > 091399 Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified 08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0806 Information Systems > 080699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified |
| Subjects: | 290000 Engineering and Technology > 290500 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering > 290501 Mechanical Engineering 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 5245 |
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| Deposited On: | 21 Sep 2010 09:56 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2012 10:58 |
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