Analysis of Human Reliability in Computer-Aided Design: Influence of Different Frequencies of Interruption

Author

Djaloeis, R. ; Duckwitz, S. ; Schlick, Christopher M. ; Hinsch, Malte Sebastian ; Feldhusen, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ind. Eng. & Ergonomics (IAW), RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

13-16 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

249

Lastpage

256

Abstract

Computer Aided Design (CAD) is an essential technology in new product design. In this field of work, requirements are highly dynamic and require a large amount of human input. To create a deeper understanding of human information processing in product design, a phase-dependent multi-aspect taxonomy for the description and analysis of human reliability in product design with Computer Aided Design (CAD) has been developed. Based on this taxonomy, different research hypotheses regarding the effects of the variables "frequency of interruption" and "amount of available time" on the quota of fulfilled product requirements are formulated. These hypotheses were empirically analyzed by conducting a laboratory experiment with 79 students from a master program in mechanical engineering of RWTH Aachen University.

Keywords

CAD; product design; production engineering computing; CAD; computer-aided design; human information processing; human reliability analysis; interruption; phase-dependent multiaspect taxonomy; product design; Design automation; Product design; Reliability; Semiotics; Solid modeling; Systematics; Taxonomy; Computer Aided Design; empirical analysis; human reliability; interruption; product design; time;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMC.2013.49

Filename

6721802