TY - GEN
T1 - Levels of automation in a binary categorization task
AU - Meyer, Joachim
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Motivation - To study the effect of levels of automation on binary categorization decisions. Research approach - A laboratory experiment was conducted on 80 students, employing a simulated production control task that involved binary categorizations of situations. Findings/Design - The performance with the lower level of automation tended to be less affected by the quality of the aid and overall better than performance with the higher level of automation. Research limitations/Implications - The system is fairly abstract, and additional validation of the findings in more realistic settings may be desirable. Originality/Value - The study is one of a fairly small number of empirical studies on the effect of levels of automation on performance. Take away message - Lower levels of automation may actually lead to better results in a wide range of conditions.
AB - Motivation - To study the effect of levels of automation on binary categorization decisions. Research approach - A laboratory experiment was conducted on 80 students, employing a simulated production control task that involved binary categorizations of situations. Findings/Design - The performance with the lower level of automation tended to be less affected by the quality of the aid and overall better than performance with the higher level of automation. Research limitations/Implications - The system is fairly abstract, and additional validation of the findings in more realistic settings may be desirable. Originality/Value - The study is one of a fairly small number of empirical studies on the effect of levels of automation on performance. Take away message - Lower levels of automation may actually lead to better results in a wide range of conditions.
KW - binary categorization decisions
KW - levels of automation
KW - signal detection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954436428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1362550.1362597
DO - 10.1145/1362550.1362597
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954436428
SN - 9781847998491
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 233
EP - 236
BT - ECCE 2007 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
T2 - 25th Anniversary Conference of the European Association for Cognitive Ergonomics, EACE
Y2 - 28 August 2007 through 31 August 2007
ER -