Designing for Expert Information Finding Strategies (2008)
Information Finding, Strategies In, S. Fincher, P. Markopoulos, Bob Fields, Suzette Keith, ...
This paper reports on a study of evaluating and generating requirements for the user interface of a digital library. The study involved observation of librarians using the digital library, working on...
Tailoring Claims Analysis to the design and deployment of digital libraries: a case study (2008)
Suzette Keith, Ann Bl, Bob Fields
In a sophisticated system such as a digital library, design decisions made early in the design process, or at different levels – from software architecture to information content – have...
Peter Wright, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
In this paper we show how an understanding of a dynamic system from the point of view of the tasks that it supports and an understanding of human error can guide a process of deriving human error...
Applying Formal Methods for Human Error Tolerant Design (2008)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison
Abstract. This paper describes recent work concerned with the speci cation of requirements on interactive systems and the de nition of user-level properties of such systems. A formal notation for...
BAe Dependable Computing Systems Centre and (2008)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison, Human Computer, Interaction Group
An aspect of usability that has often been downplayed in previous HCI modelling research involves time. Time dependencies and temporal constraints are an important aspect of action, and failure to...
15 Modelling Interactive Systems and Providing Task Relevant Information (2008)
Bob Fields, Michael Harrison, Peter Wright
This paper presents an approach to the specification of interactive systems which supports reasoning about properties that emerge from the interaction between a system and a user. In particular,...
A Case Study in the Speci cation and Analysis of Design Alternatives for a User Interface (2008)
David Duke, Bob Fields, Michael D. Harrison
Abstract. There is considerable interest within the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community in the use of media spaces to enhance awareness and interaction between workers in o ces or other...
Function allocation: A perspective from studies of work practice (2007)
Peter Wright, Andy Dearden, Bob Fields, Yo Dd
Function allocation is a central component of systems engineering and its main aim is to provide a rational means of determining which system-level functions should be carried out by humans and which...
Integrating Task-Based Error Analysis with System Specification (2007)
Bob Fields, Michael Harrison, Peter Wright
The growing use of computer-based systems in many sectors, particularly those where safety is an issue, combined with the increased complexity of human interaction with such systems, has meant that...
Function allocation: A perspective from studies of work practice (2007)
Peter Wright, Andy Dearden, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
The aim of this paper is to explore function allocation from the perspective of studies of work practices and of the relationships between work and technology. In recent years we have conducted a...
Steven Pocock, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison, Peter Wright
THEA is a technique designed to help anticipate human-computer interaction failures. It has been developed within the Dependable Computing Systems Centre (DCSC) at York for use by systems engineers....
THEA: Human Error Analysis for Design Evaluation (2007)
Bob Fields, Michael Harrison, Peter Wright
This report uses examples from two flight deck based case studies to illustrate how to use the THEA technique for carrying out a human error analysis during early design. The aim is that this...
Exploring the unknown: a study of expert use of a digital library Suzette Keith (2007)
Ann Blandford Richard, Suzette Keith, Ann Bl, Richard Butterworth, Bob Fields, Yin Leng Theng
In a detailed study, working with experienced librarians, we investigated strategies used to seek information on a complex and unfamiliar topic, and the support offered by the digital library...
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison, Human Computer, Interaction Group
this paper is to investigate time in task performance by applying a particular modelling notation, and to discuss some general points about the requirements for such languages. In order to illustrate...
Disrupting digital library development with scenario informed design. (2007)
Fields, Bob, Blandford, Ann, Furniss, Dominic, Keith, Suzette
Reports a study of introducing scenario-based methods on two Digital Library projects, where developers constructed scenario descriptions to aid their design discussion and reflection. Scenarios...
Disrupting digital library development with scenario informed design. (2007)
Fields, Bob, Blandford, Ann, Furniss, Dominic, Keith, Suzette
Reports a study of introducing scenario-based methods on two Digital Library projects, where developers constructed scenario descriptions to aid their design discussion and reflection. Scenarios...
Operational potential for 3D displays in air traffic control. (2007)
Rozzi, Simone, Amaldi, Paolo, Wong, B. L. William, Fields, Bob
3D-in-2D Displays for ATC. (2007)
Wong, B. L. William, Rozzi, Simone, Boccalatte, Alessandro, Gaukrodger, Stephen, Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, ...
Operational potential for 3D displays in air traffic control. (2007)
Rozzi, Simone, Amaldi, Paolo, Wong, B. L. William, Fields, Bob
3D-in-2D Displays for ATC. (2007)
Wong, B. L. William, Rozzi, Simone, Boccalatte, Alessandro, Gaukrodger, Stephen, Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, ...
Claims analysis "In The Wild": a case study on digital library development. (2006)
Fields, Bob, Blandford, Ann, Keith, Suzette
This paper describes extensions to the Claims Analysis method to make it applicable to Digital Library design and evaluation. Refinements aim to help DL developers generate and assess ‘claims'...
Claims analysis "In The Wild": a case study on digital library development. (2006)
Fields, Bob, Blandford, Ann, Keith, Suzette
This paper describes extensions to the Claims Analysis method to make it applicable to Digital Library design and evaluation. Refinements aim to help DL developers generate and assess ‘claims'...
Design sketching for space and time. (2006)
Rozzi, Simone, Wong, B. L. William, Amaldi, Paolo, Woodward, Peter, Fields, Bob
Developing visualisations to support spatial-temporal reasoning in ATC. (2006)
Rozzi, Simone, Wong, B. L. William, Woodward, Peter, Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Panizzi, Emanuele
Evaluating combined 2D/3D Displays for ATC. (2006)
Rozzi, Simone, Woodward, Peter, Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Wong, B. L. William
Design sketching for space and time. (2006)
Rozzi, Simone, Wong, B. L. William, Amaldi, Paolo, Woodward, Peter, Fields, Bob
Developing visualisations to support spatial-temporal reasoning in ATC. (2006)
Rozzi, Simone, Wong, B. L. William, Woodward, Peter, Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Panizzi, Emanuele
Evaluating combined 2D/3D Displays for ATC. (2006)
Rozzi, Simone, Woodward, Peter, Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Wong, B. L. William
Operational concepts report Vol.2: tower control. deliverable 12 (2005)
Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Rozzi, Simone, Woodward, Peter, Wong, B. L. William
Operational concepts report Vol.2: tower control. deliverable 12 (2005)
Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Rozzi, Simone, Woodward, Peter, Wong, B. L. William
Butterworth, Richard J., Fields, Bob, Curzon, Paul, Davis-Perkins, Veronica
This paper reports a study into how digitisation projects have effected collections of historical photographs, and concludes that the short term project based nature of many digitisation projects has...
Butterworth, Richard J., Fields, Bob, Curzon, Paul, Davis-Perkins, Veronica
This paper reports a study into how digitisation projects have effected collections of historical photographs, and concludes that the short term project based nature of many digitisation projects has...
Operational Concepts Report Vol.1: Approach Control. (2005)
Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Rozzi, Simone, Wong, B. L. William
Operational Concepts Report Vol.1: Approach Control. (2005)
Amaldi, Paolo, Fields, Bob, Rozzi, Simone, Wong, B. L. William
Representing collaborative work: the aairport as common information space. (2005)
Fields, Bob, Tassi, Antonello, Trillo, Paola Amaldi
This paper reports an ethnographic-style field study of work in a complex setting: an airport, which focused on Air Traffic Control activities in the airport tower, as well as other work sites around...
Representing collaborative work: the aairport as common information space. (2005)
Fields, Bob, Tassi, Antonello, Trillo, Paola Amaldi
This paper reports an ethnographic-style field study of work in a complex setting: an airport, which focused on Air Traffic Control activities in the airport tower, as well as other work sites around...
Designing for expert information finding strategies (2004)
Bob Fields, Suzette Keith, Ann Bl, Paul Curzon
This paper reports on a study of evaluating and generating requirements for the user interface of a digital library. The study involved observation of librarians using the digital library, working on...
Representing collaborative work: the airport as common information space (2003)
Fields, Bob, Amaldi, Paola, Tassi, Antonello
This paper reports a field study of work in a complex setting: an airport. The study was largely focused on the air traffic control activities carried out in the airport control tower, but also...
Representing collaborative work: the airport as common information space (2003)
Bob Fields, Paola Amaldi, Antonello Tassi, Paul Curzon, Bob Fields, Paola Amaldi, ...
This paper describes a case study in understanding and explicating the activities in a complex, safety critical workplace: an airport control tower. Central to the safe, efficient and reliable...
Bob Fields, Elke Duncker, Paul Curzon, Bob Fields
The UK National Health Service is in the midst of enormous technological and organisational change. By 2005 all acute hospital trusts will have made the transition to Electronic
Representing collaborative work: the airport as common information space (2003)
Bob Fields, Paola Amaldi, Antonello Tassi
This paper describes a study in understanding and explicating the activities in a complex, safety critical setting: an airport control tower and its interactions with the surrounding airport agencies...
Dynamic digital libraries for children. (2001)
Fields, Bob, Buchanan, George, Mohd-Nasir, Norliza, Theng, Yin Leng
This paper describes a new children's digital library emphasizing its design and evaluation, and the development process in which children played a role as design partners and testers. A novel...
Dynamic digital libraries for children. (2001)
Fields, Bob, Buchanan, George, Mohd-Nasir, Norliza, Theng, Yin Leng
This paper describes a new children's digital library emphasizing its design and evaluation, and the development process in which children played a role as design partners and testers. A novel...
Analysing Human-Computer Interaction as Distributed Cognition: The Resources Model (2000)
Peter Wright, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
In this paper, we present a new approach to interaction modelling based on the concept of information resource. The approach is inspired by recent distributed cognition (DC) literature but develops a...
Modelling Human-Computer Interaction As Distributed Cognition (1998)
Peter Wright, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
In this article we wish to describe an approach to modelling human-computer interaction (HCI) based on recent theoretical developments in cognitive science, namely distributed cognition research...
A Case Study in the Specification and Analysis of Design Alternatives for a User Interface (1998)
David Duke, Bob Fields, Michael D. Harrison
There is considerable interest within the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community in the use of media spaces to enhance awareness and interaction between workers in offices or other spatially...
Objectives, Strategies and Resources as Design Drivers (1997)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison
This paper builds on an existing model of human-computer interaction that focuses on the information structures employed as distributed information resources by users in deciding how to act. Such...
THEA: Human Error Analysis for Requirements Definition (1997)
Bob Fields, Michael Harrison, Peter Wright
THEA is a technique developed to help designers in interactive systems (originally in the aviation domain, but hopefully applicable in other contexts) to anticipate interaction failures or...
DMVIS: Design, Modelling and Validation of Interactive Systems (1997)
Bob Fields, Nick Merriam, Andy Dearden
Abstract. Much of the work reported in the first three DSVIS conferences has concentrated on techniques and languages for specifying and developing interactive systems. In this paper, we argue that a...
DMVIS: Design, Modelling and Validation of Interactive Systems (1997)
Bob Fields, Nick Merriam, Andy Dearden
. Much of the work reported in the first three DSVIS conferences has concentrated on techniques and languages for specifying and developing interactive systems. In this paper, we argue that a change...
Distributed information resources: A new approach to interaction modelling (1996)
Peter C. Wright, Bob Fields, Michael D. Harrison
In this paper, we present a new approach to interaction modelling based on the concept of information resource. The approach is inspired by distributed cognition literature but develops a model which...
Designing human-system interaction using the resource model (1996)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison
Some of the most influential research in HCI modelling has been based on “cyclic ” interaction where processes of goal formation, planning, execution and so on are performed sequentially. This...
Designing Human-System Interaction Using The Resource Model (1996)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison
Some of the most influential research in HCI modelling has been based on "cyclic" interaction where processes of goal formation, planning, execution and so on are performed sequentially....
Distributed Information Resources: A New Approach to Interaction Modelling (1996)
Peter C.Wright, Bob Fields, Michael D. Harrison
In this paper, we present a new approach to interaction modelling based on the concept of information resource. The approach is inspired by distributed cognition literature but develops a model which...
Modelling Interactive Systems and Providing Task Relevant Information (1995)
Bob Fields, Michael Harrison, Peter Wright
This paper presents an approach to the specification of interactive systems which supports reasoning about properties that emerge from the interaction between a system and a user. In particular,...
Exploring Design Options Rationally (1995)
Chris Bramwell, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
. This paper describes a design technique for interactive systems that allows designs to be specified and refined formally, using a notation based on Action Systems. The rationale underlying the...
Exploring design options rationally (1995)
Chris Bramwell, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
Abstract. This paper describes a design technique for interactive systems that allows designs to be specified and refined formally, using a notation based on Action Systems. The rationale underlying...
Reasoning About Communication Requirements With a Spreadsheet (1995)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison
This paper describes a procedure for carrying out Communication Link Analysis – a technique for use during the design of control room-type facilities such as would be found in power stations
Deriving Human-Error Tolerance Requirements from Tasks (1994)
Peter Wright, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
In this paper we show how an understanding of a dynamic system from the point of view of the tasks that it supports and an understanding of human error can guide a process of deriving human error...
Applying Formal Methods for Human Error Tolerant Design (1994)
Bob Fields, Peter Wright, Michael Harrison
. This paper describes recent work concerned with the specification of requirements on interactive systems and the definition of user-level properties of such systems. A formal notation for...
Deriving Human-Error Tolerance Requirements from Tasks (1994)
Peter Wright, Bob Fields, Michael Harrison
In this paper we show how an understanding of a dynamic system from the point of view of the tasks that it supports and an understanding of human error can guide a process of deriving human error...
A guide to reading VDM specifications (1992)
The intention of this document is to give an overview of the syntax of the Specification Language of the Vienna Development Method (VDM) as an aid to those who are to some extent familiar with formal...