STUDY WILL BE HOW PEOPLE USE INFORMATION AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES . USER REACTIONS TO EXISTING EQUIPMENT WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE FOR SUCH STUDIES .
THE OUTPUT OF THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTRINSIC HUMAN REQUIREMENTS INDEPENDENT OF EQUIPMENT , THAT CAN BE APPLIED AT EVERY STAGE IN PRODUCT DESIGN FROM ABSTRACT CONCEPTION TO THE RESOLUTION OF CONCRETE DESIGN ISSUES . THERE WILL BE EXPLICIT RECOGNITION THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE OPEN-ENDED NATURE OF THE HUMAN USE OF INFORMATION , CONSCIOUS ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE INTERFACE BETWEEN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM AND ITS HUMAN DESIGNERS AS WELL AS ITS USERS . SOME EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO USER LEARNING PROCESSES AND THEIR SUPPORT BY MEANS OF IT SYSTEMS .
PROPOSALS ARE INVITED THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ON-GOING WORK .
. HUMAN-MACHINE COGNITIVE COMPATIBILITY .
TO DEVELOP AND FORMALIZE DESCRIPTION METHODS FOR COGNITIVE TASK REPRESENTATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESSES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS .
.1 . " COGNITIVE SIMULATOR FOR USER INTERFACE DESIGN " ( REF . 234 : B/84 )
THIS TWO-YEAR PROJECT IS AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION TOOL TO ASSIST DESIGNERS IN ASSESSING THE HUMAN COGNITIVE COMPATABILITY OF PARTICULAR INTERFACE DESIGNS FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES . DELIVERABLES INCLUDE THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND USER GUIDE WITH A REVIEW OF COGNITIVE MODELLING AND DIALOGUE DESIGN GUIDELINES DERIVED FROM VALIDATION TRIALS . THE PRODUCED SOFTWARE MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE RESULTS OF STANDARISATION OF E . G . OPERATING SYSTEMS .
NO NEW PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. QUALIFICATION AND WORK .
THE IMPACT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF OFFICE SYSTEMS ON USER QUALIFICATION HAS TO BE STUDIED ; METHODS TO INCREASE USER SKILL , ESPECIALLY IN THE SENSE OF SELF-IMPROVEMENT BY THE USER , SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND EVALUATED .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. USER AIDS AND LEARNING TOOLS .
THE SERVICES , ACCESSIBLE FOR THE USER , ESPECIALLY ON-LINE LEARNING AND HELP FUNCTIONS , WILL BE INVESTIGATED , DEFINED AND TESTED FROM A HUMAN FACTORS POINT OF VIEW . SPECIAL EMPHASIS SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE TOOL CHARACTER OF THE SERVICES .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS INVITED .
. HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE .
IN ORDER TO STUDY THE FULL RANGE OF COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL INTERFACES BETWEEN HUMANS AND INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEMS , A LANGUAGE FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF THE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SHALL BE DEFINED , THAT WILL INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE STUDY AND THE DESIGN OF INTERFACES .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AND PRODUCTION .
THE ASPECTS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE USAGE IN THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT ARE TO BE STUDIED , IN CONNECTION WITH AUTOMATED OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS . THIS INCLUDES THE PARALLEL USAGE OF A NUMBER OF NATURAL LANGUAGES . GUIDELINES SHALL BE GIVEN AS TO HOW THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED CAN BE SOLVED . SOLUTIONS MAY BE DEMONSTRATED BY SUITABLE EXPERIMENTS OF LIMITED SCOPE .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
R AND D AREA 4.2 : ADVANCED WORKSTATIONS AND HUMAN-MACHINE