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Publications by W. F. Moroney (bibliography)

1994

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Moroney, W. F. and Cameron, J. A. (1994): Using Discrete Event and Air Traffic Control Simulations in Teaching Human Factors in System Development: Part 1 -- Syllabus. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting 1994. p. 989.

“This poster describes a project, utilized in a system development course, which provided students with an opportunity to respond to a simulated Request for Proposal (RFP) based on a real world problem. Specifically, students were asked to upgrade the workstation utilized by controllers at a Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility. The system was simulated on a PC-based computer, and students were required to: 1) be knowledgeable about the tasks performed by an air traffic controller operating at a Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility, 2) develop basic skills in discrete event simulation (Micro Saint) which would allow them to demonstrate the impact of changes which they proposed to upgrade the system, 3) prepare a response to a simulated RFP, and 4) be part of the development process. Selected literature and references were provided, and the students functioned as a team to develop the response to the RFP. The course emphasized both the process of developing the response and the contents of the product. If our students are to have the skills needed to work in today's information age, they must be exposed to fairly complex systems and know how to use simulations to evaluate tradeoffs effectively. It is the authors' hope that this experience has provided them with such an opportunity.”

1992

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Whitaker, L. A. and Moroney, W. F. (1992): Improving the Interface between Human Factors Data and Designers: Exemplified in a CASHE Reaction Time Prototyper. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. pp. 1092-1095.

“This paper describes the process involved in the development of a reaction time test bench for the Computer Aided Systems Human Engineering (CASHE) program, which is based on a strategy for converting human factors information into simulation software, using a test bench metaphor. The metaphor takes its strength from the familiarity systems designers have with test benches and breadboarding facilities currently at their disposal. The purpose of this paper is to provide a description of this software development activity, illustrate the procedure we followed, specify the decision points we encountered, and relate our lessons learned. Our goal was to convey functional specification information to the software developers in a parsimonious, unambiguous, structured manner to facilitate the development of both the software and the user interface, while complying with hardware system constraints. Development of the Reaction Time (RT) Test Benches involved the following tasks: collect and digest the Engineering Data Compendium entries; analyze the variables; determine the scope of the relevant variables to be tested; select the test bench phenomena to be demonstrated; and develop each of the deliverables. These deliverables included the variable range tables, initial variable settings, the control flow and storyboard graphics. We believe that this task is typical of the input human factors specialists can provide to designers in a variety of contexts and hence generalizes beyond this specific application.”

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