User-responsive interface generation for manufacturing systems: A theoretical basis
Andrew A West, Brian Bowen, Radmehr P. Monfared, A Hodgson · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture · 2000
Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) systems with a significant level of human-computer interaction are often inefficient. This is particularly problematical for those users who have to interact with multiple subsystem interfaces. These difficulties can be traced back to the fact that representation of the user in existing manufacturing models and systems is inadequate. An approach that increases user representation to improve CIM interface design is proposed, in which stereotype-based user and task models are used to specify a common user interface for each individual system user. An overview of the architecture is followed by discussion of an application domain (statistical process control) in which a demonstrator based on the architecture has been tested.