| Description |
1 online resource (342 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Conents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction and Overview; Scope of This Book; Types of Design Problems; The Ecological Part of EID; Outline; Motivation for EID; When Asking Users Doesn't Work; When We Want Users to Become Experts; When We Want to Handle the Unexpected; History; 2 Work Domain Analysis; Defining the System of Interest; What Is an Abstraction Hierarchy?; Level by Level, Working through an Abstraction Hierarchy; Functional Purpose |
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Distinguishing Purposes from TasksAbstract Function; Generalized Function; Distinguishing Processes from Tasks; Physical Function; Physical Form; Functional and Causal Descriptions; Part-Whole Hierarchies; Models with Social Constraints; Techniques for Managing Large Models; Systematic Decomposition; Link Tables; Models of Multiple Domains; Testing Your Model for Completeness; Scenario Mapping; Testing Your Model through Questionnaires; Summary: Double-Checking Your Work Domain Model -- Rules to Use as You Actually Build It; Define the System of Interest |
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Start Building Your Abstraction Hierarchy from the TopNext Work from the Bottom; Complete the Middle; Make Sure Every Box Is Connected Up and Down; Check Your Language; Develop Detail as Time Allows; Translate Your Hierarchy in Variables, Constraints, and Relationships; Show the Value of Your Analysis; 3 The Language of Interface Design; Interface Description; Forms of Reference; Propositional Forms; Iconic Forms; Analogical Forms; Conveying Information with Different Forms; Analog and Digital Forms; Digital Forms; Analog Forms; Context; Salience; A Visual Thesaurus for Data Relationships |
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Single Variable Display OptionsVariable within Limits; Bar Graph; Meter; Digital Display; Analog Plus Digital Display; Symbolic Display; Variable with a Constraint; Pie Graph; Variable Where Normal Is Critical to Monitor; Meter; Symbol; Translating or Rotating Lines; Variable Changes with Time, or Rate of Change of Variable Is of Interest; Trend Charts; Arrows; Multivariate Display Options; Variable Balance, Variable = Variable; Connected Bar Graphs; Balances with Trend Charts; Variables Are Additive; Summing Bar Graph; Nomographs; Summing Trend Chart; Variables Are Multiplicative |
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Trigonometric or Triangle RelationsNomographs; Multiple Variables Determine System State; Configural Displays; Polar Displays; Bar Graphs with Configural Features; Line Graphs with Configural Features; Mass Data Diagrams; Multiple Variable Balance; Close Proximity Meters; Connected Meters; Multiple Variables with Interacting Constraints; Variables on a Background of Constraints; Structural Display Options; Linear Structures; Lines; Spirals; Spatial Structures; Maps; Matrices; Symbolic Structures; Trees; Networks; Mimics and Other Diagrams; How to Develop a New Visual Form |
| Summary |
Visual Thesaurus Review Sheet |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human-machine systems.
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Man-Machine Systems
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Human-machine systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hajdukiewicz, John
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Hajdukiewicz, John R
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| ISBN |
9781351988643 |
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1351988646 |
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