An ecological analysis of task subgoals during a simulated medical emergency
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Abstract
Whereas classical task analysis methods consider task goals and intermediary task subgoals as formal nodes in graph formalism, cognitive work analysis has brought a new dimension by considering task goals as ascribed in the concrete work domain. Complementary to this latter approach, we suggest analysing task subgoals as the satisfaction of constraints coming from equipment and work space management. We present a classification of deficiencies in task environment constraint satisfaction based on observations in a simulated medical emergency setting.
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185 pages
ISBN:9781450336123
DOI:10.1145/2788412
- General Chairs:
- Anke Dittmar,
- Marcin Sikorski,
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- Tjerk de Greef,
- Krzysztof Marasek
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