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Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering By Erik Hollnagel, David D. Woods, Publisher: CRC

Number Of Pages: 240

Publication Date: 2005-02-28

Sales Rank: 1114100

ISBN / ASIN: 0849328217

EAN: 9780849328213

Binding: Hardcover

Manufacturer: CRC

Studio: CRC

Average Rating: 5

Nothing has been more prolific over the past century than human/machine interaction. Automobiles, telephones, computers, manufacturing machines, robots, office equipment, machines large and small; all affect the very essence of our daily lives. However, this interaction has not always been efficient or easy and has at times turned fairly hazardous. Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE) seeks to improve this situation by the careful study of human/machine interaction as the meaningful behavior of a unified system. Written by pioneers in the development of CSE, Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering offers a principled approach to studying human work with complex technology. The authors use a top-down, functional approach and emphasize a proactive (coping) perspective on work that overcomes the limitations of the structural human information processing view. They describe a conceptual framework for analysis with concrete theories and methods for joint system modeling that can be applied across the spectrum of single human/machine systems, social/technical systems, and whole organizations. The book explores both current and potential applications of CSE illustrated by examples. Understanding the complexities and functions of the human/machine interaction is critical to designing safe, highly functional, and efficient technological systems. This is a critical reference for students, designers, and engineers in a wide variety of disciplines.

Review: Provides the Basic Theories There has always been an interface between man and machine. In the earliest cave man days it was learned that fastening a rock to the end of a stick made a club, or if sharpened an axe. But it is only in the 1900's that the man machine interface began to be really complex. And it was only in the late 1900's that serious work began on how best to handle this interface. This book was written by pioneers in the field and offers a principled approach to studying human work with complex technology. It describes a conceptual framework for analysis and concrete methods for the design of man machine interfaces where the amount of information to be transfered between man and machine can be analyzed and structured for its best effect. This book takes a rather theoretical approach to the problem giving few concrete examples. It seems destined to become a clasic in the field.

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