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User Participation in the Design of Cockpit Interfaces

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Advances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations

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This paper investigates the nature of user participation in the process of designing fighter aircraft cockpits. The role of the users, i.e. pilots, in the design of cockpit interfaces is explored. We present the results of an on-line questionnaire with twelve designers of cockpit interfaces for fighter aircraft. The results show that the designers have highlighted the need for more opportunities to observe the pilots, and they wish to obtain more information and ideas from them. Moreover, a larger involvement from users as examiners and testers in the evaluation process was desirable. Access to users was considered unproblematic and the risk of misunderstandings was reported to be low. Moreover, the designers did not support the idea that users should design or take design decisions.

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by NFFP (National Aviation Research Programme, NFFP6-2013-01201), which is founded by VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems), the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence Material Administration. The authors also like to thank Saab AB and the University of Skövde for supporting the project.

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  1. Saab Aeronautics, Saab AB, Linköping, Sweden

    Ulrika Ohlander & Jens Alfredson

  2. School of Informatics, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

    Ulrika Ohlander, Maria Riveiro & Göran Falkman

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Ohlander, U., Alfredson, J., Riveiro, M., Falkman, G. (2017). User Participation in the Design of Cockpit Interfaces. In: Soares, M., Falcão, C., Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics Modeling, Usability & Special Populations. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 486. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41685-4_5

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