The interactive display design tool: an application program for human factors part-task simulation development

Author

Smith, Mark W. ; O´Donnell, Christina M.

Author_Institution

United Technol., Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

23-27 May 1988

Firstpage

856

Abstract

The interactive display design tool (IDDT), an attempt to resolve some of the difficulties inherent to part-task simulation development, is described. IDDT is a set of applicational programs that function as an interface between a display/part-task designer and a graphics processing system. IDDT allows individuals with no knowledge of computers or programming to interactively create, edit, save, and view graphic displays. As displays are saved at the end of an editing session, directly compilable software source code is generated that can be inserted into part-task simulation software. To date, IDDT has been in use for a ten-month period, during which, it has been used to generate approximately 20 display formats for incorporation into a part-task simulation system. Initial indications have been that display design and programming time is reduced by 40%-60%

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace simulation; computer graphics; human factors; military computing; software tools; user interfaces; IDDT; graphics processing system; human factors part-task simulation development; interactive display design tool; programming time; software source code; Aircraft propulsion; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Human factors; Laboratories; Mice; Software engineering; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1988.195106

Filename

195106