Joint cognitive systems : patterns in cognitive systems engineering / David D. Woods, Erik Hollnagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, David D., 1952-

Contributor:

Hollnagel, Erik, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-machine systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Our fascination with new technologies is based on the assumption that more powerful automation will overcome human limitations and make our systems 'faster, better, cheaper,' resulting in simple, easy tasks for people. But how does new technology and more powerful automation change our work? Research in Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE) looks at the intersection of people, technology, and work. What it has found is not stories of simplification through more automation, but stories of complexity and adaptation. When work changed through new technology, practitioners had to cope with n

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Core Activities and Values; 2. Joint Cognitive Systems Adapt to Cope with Complexity; 3. Being Bumpable: Consequences of Resource Saturation and Near-Saturation for Cognitive Demands on ICU Practitioners; 4. Discovery as Functional Synthesis; 5. Shaping the Conditions of Observation; 6. Functional Syntheses, Laws, and Design; 7. Archetypical Stories of Joint Cognitive Systems at Work; 8. Anomaly Response; 9. Patterns in Multi-Threaded Work; 10. Automation Surprises; 11. On People and Computers in JCSs at Work; 12. Laws that Govern JCSs at Work

BibliographyAppendix A; Appendix B; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-203) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-04-006521-X

0-429-12766-9

1-280-54602-6

9786610546022

1-4200-0568-5

9780429127663

OCLC:

475983868