Title :
The cognitive role of an engineer in a diagnostic task
Author :
Thomas, R.C. ; Thomas, G.B. ; Littler, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Leeds Univ., UK
Abstract :
A discussion is given on the provision of intelligent front ends to a suite of turbine vibration programs which are used by highly skilled engineers at CEGB. There is a brief account of the domain and the numerical simulations which model it. The authors then overview the expert system interface which was written to do a simple matching task and discuss some of its limitations when used by non-experts. The cognitive role of the engineers is discussed under the headings of model transformations, associative memory and perception. The proposed simulation support environment is also described
Keywords :
digital simulation; expert systems; human factors; mechanical engineering computing; power engineering computing; turbines; user interfaces; vibrations; CEGB; associative memory; cognitive role; diagnostic task; expert system interface; highly skilled engineers; intelligent front ends; model transformations; non-experts; numerical simulations; perception; simple matching task; simulation support environment; turbine vibration programs;
Conference_Titel :
UK IT 1990 Conference
Conference_Location :
Southampton
