28 research outputs found
A Framework for Computer Support in Managerial Decision Making
As with many growing computer areas, the first attempts at developing a framework for the field were based on the software tools being built and the specific tasks undertaken. This paper attempts to draw decision support systems out of these early stages by proposing a more generally applicable framework for computer decision support. To build this framework the paper first examines existing dimensions in decision support system frameworks and evaluates them both in their ability to facilitate communication among researchers and designers The dimension degree of decisionstructure (unstructured vs structured) is borrowed from existing frameworks and incorporated into a new framework along with the dimension phase of decision mal ng process (intelligence, design, and choice). The proposed framework is then evaluated by the same two criteria used earlier in the paper
Techniques for incorporating human factors in the software lifecycle
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Telepresence user interface design issues and solutions
The user interface team has been given the role of developing the user interfaces for
the Telepresence project. To do this they are working with the social science team
and developing interfaces for each of the field trials. They are updating these
interfaces based on data gathered in the field trials. The knowledge acquired from
their design activities will be used to design a final general flexible interface for
Telepresence and to generate recommendations to the coporate members of the
Telepresence project on the types of technology that need to be developed
underneath to make the interfaces work effectively.
A seiondary focus of the user interface team is that of determining effective design
and implementation strategies for encouraging the adoption of the telepresence
technology. They are also investigating how to apply the information gathered in
the social science field studies to the evaluation of the interface designs and the
generation of new designs. Human communication is not an area covered by the
traditional cognitive psychology approaches to interface design so that the
exploration of sociological data as a predictor of design is being examined.
This report details the current user interface designs and user studies that have been
conducted and lays out the proposed requirements for future designs and user
studies that are being planned. It closes with a set of deliverables and a time line for
when these deliverables can be expected from the work of this team.Ontario Telepresence Projec