Views on human-machine-systems science and engineering

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Johannsen, Gunnar

Affiliations: Hamburg and Schwalmstadt, Univ.-Professor of Systems Engineering and Human-Machine Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kassel, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Human-Machine-Systems Science and Engineering is viewed as a multidisciplinary discipline. After a personal dedication of this essay to Andrew P. Sage, the discipline is briefly introduced with applications in all areas across the whole society in which humans interact and collaborate with technical artifacts. Different perspectives of the human-machine-systems discipline are explained which are interrelated with each other. These are the systems perspective, the human factors and ergonomics perspective, the information and the knowledge perspective, the control perspective, the cognition perspective, and the management perspective. The concluding remarks describe the difference between the two disciplines of Human-Machine-Systems Science and Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction and refer to the main international conferences in both fields.

Keywords: Human-machine systems, systems engineering, human-computer interaction, human factors and ergonomics, human information processing, knowledge-based systems, manual and supervisory control, cognitive science, systems management, human-centered design

DOI: 10.3233/IKS-150232

Journal: Information Knowledge Systems Management, vol. 12, no. 3-4, pp. 187-195, 2015