Effectiveness of direct manipulation interaction in the supervisory control of FMS part movement

Author

Benson, Charlene R. ; Govindaraj, T. ; Mitchell, Christine M. ; Krosner, S.P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

14-17 Nov 1989

Firstpage

947

Abstract

The use of direct manipulation interface technology as a valuable design technique for operator interaction and control with a real-time supervisory control system was examined. To evaluate the effectiveness of a direct manipulation interface, two user interfaces to a simulation of a flexible manufacturing system were evaluated. Five measures that reflected operator performance were analyzed. Subjects using the direct manipulation interface operated the system significantly better on three of the five measures

Keywords

flexible manufacturing systems; human factors; man-machine systems; user interfaces; FMS part movement; direct manipulation interaction; direct manipulation interface; operator performance; real-time supervisory control system; supervisory control; user interfaces; Automatic control; Control systems; Displays; Flexible manufacturing systems; Humans; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing systems; Real time systems; Supervisory control; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1989. Conference Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1989.71436

Filename

71436