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Object displays and control of dynamic systems

Gillie, T. and Berry, D. C. (1994) Object displays and control of dynamic systems. Ergonomics, 37 (11). pp. 1885-1903. ISSN 0014-0139

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1080/00140139408964956

Abstract/Summary

Recent work has suggested that for some tasks, graphical displays which visually integrate information from more than one source offer an advantage over more traditional displays which present the same information in a separated format. Three experiments are described which investigate this claim using a task which requires subjects to control a dynamic system. In the first experiment, the integrated display is compared to two separated displays, one an animated mimic diagram, the other an alphanumeric display. The integrated display is shown to support better performance in a control task, but experiment 2 shows that part of this advantage may be due to its analogue nature. Experiment 3 considers performance on a fault detection task, and shows no difference between the integrated and separated displays. The paper concludes that previous claims made for integrated displays may not generalize from monitoring to control tasks.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology
ID Code:4684
Uncontrolled Keywords:graphical displays; information integration; simulation; object display; process control; fault detection
Publisher:Taylor & Francis

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