A woman is operated on while she’’s awake…
A plane runs out of gas while circling an airport for 30 minutes…
A passenger liner is mistaken for an enemy fighter and shot down…
A company invests in a new system that will cost them money…
What do these failure have in common? How can we prevent them from happening again?
Offering a critical perspective on problems with human-technical systems,Stories of Modern Technology Failures and Cognitive Engineering Successes explores the significant efforts of those who have made a positive difference. The book analyzes a variety of cognitive engineering applications, including training, design, military, transportation, communications, medicine, and emergency response in the nuclear industry.
Real world examples include-
The book’’s focus on cognitive engineering solutions emphasizes methodology such as knowledge elicitation, laboratory studies, naturalistic observation, usability, and modeling. It addresses highly complex systems as well as traditional human-machine interfaces.
This book demonstrates how cognitive engineers-