[SystemSafety] Fwd: Re: power plant user interfaces

[Smith, Brian E. (ARC-TH)]

It seems to me that HMI "metaphors" can take the form of arrows, needles,
and/or moving tapes pointing in an intuitive directions (that one might
expect in other real-world situations) and auditory cues that come from
the right direction.  Also the order in which information is provided to
the operator can ³metaphorically² represent the operator¹s cognitive model
of how pipes are arranged or valves are located in a processing plant for
example.

Brian Smith

On 7/14/15, 10:20 PM, "Peter Bernard Ladkin" <ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de>
wrote:

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>On 2015-07-15 03:12 , Les Chambers wrote:
>> So my point is: the key to a good HMI is excellent metaphor design.
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>That does not fit in any way what I and colleagues have done or have been
>doing in HMI for the
>last couple of decades (and for some of them longer). There is a fair
>amount of math and logic
>involved. No metaphors.
>
>Key to good HMI is rigorous formal analysis. There are other key
>processes.
>
>PBL
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>Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Faculty of Technology, University of
>Bielefeld, 33594 Bielefeld, Germany
>Je suis Charlie
>Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319  www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de
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