Open this publication in new window or tab >>2008 (English)In: Proceedings of the ECCE 2008: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: The Ergonomics of cool interaction / [ed] Julio Abascal; Inmaculada Fajardo; Ian Oakley, ACM Press, 2008, p. 10-13, article id 3Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Motivation – The motivation is to extend the current technology driven design approach in information fusion by characterising how users interact with and are active components in information fusion based decision support.
Research approach – A combination of theoretical and empirical investigations has been chosen to examine how users interact with information fusion based decision support.
Findings/Design – The results define the building blocks for a future framework. So far, a new decision support class, i.e., fusion driven decision support, has been suggested. The class characterises the information fusion process, the users’ role, and factors that affect interactions with such systems. Also, the result indicates that Distributed Cognition is a useful tool for capturing semi-automated information fusion processes.
Research limitations/Implications – So far, the building blocks for a framework, which capture users and information fusion systems, have been identified and further studies are needed in order to fully develop the framework.
Originality/Value – The characterisation of the user makes a contribution to the technologically oriented research field of information fusion, which most often considers users as passive receivers of information. In addition, the research makes a contribution to the field of decision support by extending the current list of decision support classes with semi-automated decision support.
Take away message – Unlike common beliefs, the information fusion process extends the boundary of the physical system, to include humans, technology, tools and the interactions among them.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ACM Press, 2008
Series
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series ; 369
Keywords
Information fusion, decision support, user interaction
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Human Computer Interaction Computer Sciences
Research subject
Technology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:his:diva-2563 (URN)10.1145/1473018.1473023 (DOI)2-s2.0-77953775533 (Scopus ID)978-1-60558-399-0 (ISBN)
Conference
15th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, the Ergonomics of Cool Interaction, ECCE 2008, Funchal, 16 September 2008 through 19 September 2008
2009-01-212009-01-212021-04-30Bibliographically approved