ABSTRACT
Cognitive engineering has gained widespread acceptance as a very promising approach for addressing and preventing difficulties with humanautomation coordination and collaboration. Still, there is considerable skepticism about, and resistance to, this approach within various industries that could benefit from its insights and recommendations. As pointed out by Dr. Billings in the Preface to this book, the challenge for cognitive engineers is to better understand the reasons underlying these reservations and to overcome them by demonstrating and communicating more effectively concepts, approaches, and proposed solutions. To contribute to this goal, the current volume presents concrete examples of cognitive engineering research and design. It is an attempt to complement the already existing excellent literature on cognitive engineering in domains other than aviation (e.g., Rasmussen, Pejtersen, & Goodstein, 1990) and to introduce professionals and students in a variety of domains to this rather young discipline.
