Evaluation of a diagnosis information system for semi-autonomous production islands

Author

Majonica, Barbara ; Zimolong, Bernhard

Author_Institution

Bochan Univ., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

2-5 Oct 1994

Firstpage

741

Abstract

This paper describes an evaluation study which was carried to analyze the behavior patterns of the operators that typically occur in interaction with a computer-based diagnosis information system (DIS). DIS was developed for the maintenance tasks in semi-autonomous production islands. The evaluation study was conducted in special work-training centres and in companies of the metal-manufacturing industry. The users´ interaction with the system and the increase in knowledge were recorded and analyzed. Additionally, the potential users´ assessed usability of the system according to software-ergonomic principles was included

Keywords

decision support systems; factory automation; fault diagnosis; human factors; maintenance engineering; man-machine systems; decision support system; diagnosis information system; human-computer interaction; metal-manufacturing industry; operator behavior patterns; semi-autonomous production islands; software-ergonomic principles; troubleshooting; usability; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Decision support systems; Humans; Information analysis; Information systems; Metals industry; Pattern analysis; Production systems; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1994.399924

Filename

399924