eprintid: 10047
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/00/47
datestamp: 2009-11-25 15:02:50
lastmod: 2012-08-15 08:50:52
status_changed: 2012-08-15 08:50:52
type: conferenceObject
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Jipp, Meike
creators_name: Bartolein, Christian
creators_name: Badreddin, Essameddin
title: The Role of Task and Situational Characteristics on the Dependability of Human-Technology Interaction
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-004
divisions: i-720000
keywords: human-technology interaction , po wered wheelchair control, fine  motor abilities, adaptive automation systems, situational characteristics 
abstract: While the impact of "human error" on failures of complex human-technology systems has widely been demonstrated and accepted, the relevance of situational and task-related characteristics on human performance has not yet been considered sufficiently. For this purpose and on the example of electrically powered wheel chair control this paper analyzes the effects of situational characteristics ( e.g., turns to the left/right in the backward/forward driving mode) on the impact of fine motor abilities on human performance. A study with 23 participants is described in the paper, during  which relevant data such as the subjects' precision and aiming capacity, the number of collisions caused while driving  as an indicator for human performance, and the situational characteristics were measured. The data analyses demonstrate an influence of especially the number of turns driven to  the right in the backward mode on the impact of the precision ability on the number of safety-critical collisions. The results highlight the necessity not only to develop a wheelchair system which is adaptable to the user’s fine  motor abilities, but also to the situational characteristics in order to increase the dependability of the human-technology system at hand.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2009
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00010047
portal_cluster_id: p-ddcs09
portal_order: 10
ppn_swb: 1383840806
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-100475
language: eng
bibsort: JIPPMEIKETHEROLEOFT2009
full_text_status: public
series: International Workshop on the Design of Dependable Critical Systems
volume: 10
citation:   Jipp, Meike ; Bartolein, Christian ; Badreddin, Essameddin  (2009) The Role of Task and Situational Characteristics on the Dependability of Human-Technology Interaction.  [Conference Item]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/10047/1/The_Role_of_Task_and_Situational_Characteristics_for_the_Dependability_of_Human_Technology_Interaction.pdf