The role of cognitive systems engineering in the systems engineering design process

2009 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura G. Militello ◽  
Cynthia O. Dominguez ◽  
Gavan Lintern ◽  
Gary Klein
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Cognitive Systems Engineering ◽  
Engineering Design Process

scholarly journals Development of Operational Concepts for Advanced SMRs: The Role of Cognitive Systems Engineering

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques V. Hugo ◽  
David I. Gertman
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Cognitive Systems Engineering ◽  
The Impact

Advanced small modular reactors (AdvSMRs) will use advanced digital instrumentation and control systems, and make greater use of automation. These advances not only pose technical and operational challenges, but will inevitably have an effect on the operating and maintenance cost of new plants. However, there is much uncertainty about the impact of AdvSMR designs on operational and human factors considerations, such as workload, situation awareness, human reliability, staffing levels, and the appropriate allocation of functions between the crew and various automated plant systems. Existing human factors and systems engineering design standards and methodologies are not current in terms of human interaction requirements for dynamic automated systems and are no longer suitable for the analysis of evolving operational concepts. New models and guidance for operational concepts for complex socio-technical systems need to adopt a state-of-the-art approach such as Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE) that gives due consideration to the role of personnel. The approach described here helps to identify and evaluate human challenges related to non-traditional operational concepts. A framework for defining operational strategies was developed based on an analysis of the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II), a small (20MWe) sodium-cooled reactor that was successfully operated for thirty years. Insights from the application of the systematic application of the methodology and its utility are reviewed and arguments for the formal adoption of CSE as a value-added part of the Systems Engineering process are presented.

Towards a Logical Theory of Engineering Design Information

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. A. Salustri ◽  
R. D. Venter
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Logical Theory ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Design Specifications ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
Design Theory And Methodology

Abstract Recent research in Design Theory and Methodology has sought to formalize the engineering design process without particular concern for the paradigm used to model design information. The authors propose that no correct formalization of the design process can be achieved without first formalizing the semantics of the information used in the process. To this end, the authors present a new theory meant to formalize the semantics of design information that is independent of its use in a design process. Using symbolic logic, the theory is presented as a set of axioms, and draws from the object orientation and hypertext paradigms. Design entities are modeled by formal units called objects, and are related by formal structures called links. Abstraction mechanisms relevant to design are formalized and the role of constraints is explored. The hybrid model is meant not only to aid in the study of the design process itself, but also to improve communications between designers, assist standardization of design specifications, and develop new, powerful software tools to aid the designer in his work.

scholarly journals A cognitive systems engineering design approach to improve the usability of electronic order forms for medical consultation

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 138-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Savoy ◽  
Laura G. Militello ◽  
Himalaya Patel ◽  
Mindy E. Flanagan ◽  
Alissa L. Russ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Medical Consultation ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Cognitive Systems Engineering ◽  
Electronic Order

scholarly journals Collaborative damage mapping for emergency response: the role of Cognitive Systems Engineering

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kerle ◽  
R. R. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Cognitive Systems Engineering ◽  
Damage Mapping ◽  
Principal Method

Abstract. Remote sensing is increasingly used to assess disaster damage, traditionally by professional image analysts. A recent alternative is crowdsourcing by volunteers experienced in remote sensing, using internet-based mapping portals. We identify a range of problems in current approaches, including how volunteers can best be instructed for the task, ensuring that instructions are accurately understood and translate into valid results, or how the mapping scheme must be adapted for different map user needs. The volunteers, the mapping organizers, and the map users all perform complex cognitive tasks, yet little is known about the actual information needs of the users. We also identify problematic assumptions about the capabilities of the volunteers, principally related to the ability to perform the mapping, and to understand mapping instructions unambiguously. We propose that any robust scheme for collaborative damage mapping must rely on Cognitive Systems Engineering and its principal method, Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA), to understand the information and decision requirements of the map and image users, and how the volunteers can be optimally instructed and their mapping contributions merged into suitable map products. We recommend an iterative approach involving map users, remote sensing specialists, cognitive systems engineers and instructional designers, as well as experimental psychologists.

A Study for Introducing Engineering Design Process Into Engineering Design III in Kanazawa Institute of Technology

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Sugimoto ◽  
Keiichi Sato ◽  
Nobuaki Fujiki
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Senior Students

In the engineering design III (ED III) course at Kanazawa Institute of Technology, the department of mechanical and mechanical systems engineering has tried to introduce the engineering design process in place of the conventional graduation study course. One of authors has presented several advantages of educational effects on the engineering design process. Now, it is necessary to improve the effects from the viewpoints of both students and teachers. This paper presents the results of questionnaires and interviews from both teachers and senior students at the department. Moreover we present the educational results under various kinds of viewpoints for introducing the method of the engineering design process into ED III.

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