A systematic approach for coupling user satisfaction with product design

A fundamental assumption in this paper is that user satisfaction depends on product design. The approach consists of 5 steps: (1) define user satisfaction, (2) decompose product design elements, (3) conduct experiments, (4) develop relationship models, and (5) analyse critical design features. In order to demonstrate the practicability of this approach, relationship models were developed based on experimental data using a total of 60 subjects (30 American and 30 Korean subjects). In addition, critical design features and their common properties were identified for audio/visual consumer products. Similarities and differences between American and Korean consumers were discussed. The resulting relationship models can be used to predict user satisfaction and provide significant remedies for design change.     

Ergonomics and human factors: the paradigms for science,engineering, design,technology and management of human-compatible systems

This paper provides a theoretical perspective on human factors and ergonomics (HFE), defined as a unique and independent discipline that focuses on the nature of human-artefact interactions, viewed from the unified perspective of the science, engineering, design, technology and management of human-compatible systems. Such systems include a variety of natural and artificial products, processes and living environments. The distinguishing features of the contemporary HFE discipline and profession are discussed and a concept of ergonomics literacy is proposed. An axiomatic approach to ergonomics design and a universal measure of system-human incompatibility are also introduced. It is concluded that the main focus of the HFE discipline in the 21st century will be the design and management of systems that satisfy human compatibility requirements.     

Improving engineering design- contributions of cognitive ergonomics

Engineering design is analysed in terms of design problem-solving. Engineering designers of differing productivity hardly differ in mental abilities, especially their tested intelligence. However, they differ in their strategies concerning the analysis of requirements and of the problem, in their search for general principles solving the relevant problem, and in the procedures used for developing specific solutions. Experimental and interview results stress that the interrelationship of thinking and sketching, as well as other kinds of an early low-cost prototyping are of crucial importance for the efficiency of the problem-solving procedure and the result. Possibilities for assisting design problem-solving and to improve the training of designers are discussed.     

小议灯光在室内餐厅设计中的运用

近年来,随着人们物质与精神生活水平的提高,对照明环境的质量也提出了越来越高的要求,室内灯光设计也越来越受到人们的关注。合理的室内灯光设计,能够营造一个格调高雅温馨的家居环境,为室内装修设计画上点睛之笔。本文概括介绍了室内灯光设计及其发展趋势,分析了室内灯光设计在餐厅照明中的应用,旨在对今后室内灯光设计工作的发展能够有所启迪。     

基于USSD的手机银行技术探讨

最近几年陆续推出了“手机银行”服务业务，使得手机不在只是一个通信工具。文章对几种手机银行所采用的技术进行了比较，同时对基于USSD的手机银行的设计、应用进行了分析思考，对其发展进行了展望。     

The New Frontier Issues for Cognition Technology

Cognitive engineering has developed enormously over the last fifteen years. Yet, despite many excellent research projects and publications, its full potential has not been embraced into mainstream system design. This paper will examine the reasons for this failure and argue that the problem is not simply inertia or lack of education. There are strong organisational influences that cause resistance to this particular approach. The discipline itself has characteristics that make it fragile in the modern corporate structure. In addition, the cognitive engineers themselves are not blameless in the equation. They appear to have done exactly what they criticise the engineering community for doing: they have packaged their product in a manner that is not ‘user friendly’ to its target population, not structured to suit its application, and not output in the format required. Suggestions will be made to rectify the situation: a list of actions is proposed for practising cognitive engineers to make their product more likely to enjoy widespread uptake.     

Generalised Stream X-Machines with Output Delimited Type

Some conditions relating to the automata involved in the W-testing method are discussed. It is also shown how to use the method for reduced automata instead of minimal automata. New design test conditions (weak output distinguishable, strong test-complete and output delimited type) are considered for the generalised stream X-machines (stream X-machines with basic functions replaced by relations and having as output strings of symbols rather than single symbols). It is proved that testing methods similar to those already developed for ordinary deterministic stream X-machines may be applied for generalised stream X-machines with output delimited types. A particular case of generalised stream X-machine with output delimited type is the X-machine with output delimiter, which produces outputs having a distinct right end character. Received October 2000 / Accepted in revised form January 2001     

中国传统文化对于殡葬产品设计的影响

本文从中国传统殡葬观念出发(民族殡葬文化不包含在内),探究了传统与现代相结合的殡葬用品的时代特点,并在我国提倡"绿色殡葬"理念的背景下,结合了世界其他国家的当代殡葬用品发展,分析了中国传统文化对于殡葬产品设计的影响。     

融合创意产业的民族手工艺品发展策略

文章首先介绍湖南、贵州等地少数民族手工艺产品的当代状况,并从传统工艺的文化的传承和资本的流动的角度进行了分析。之后,文章简介了台湾省内对于创意产业的发展的部分经验,总结融合创意产业发展少数民族手工艺产品的发展策略。     

Service based communication for MPSoC platform-SegBus

MPSoC platforms offer solutions to deal with communication limitations for multiple cores on single chip, but many new issues arise within the context. The SegBus platform is one of the solutions for application deployment on multi-core applications. There are many applications where identical data is transferred from the same source towards different destinations. Multicast services may come as a performance improving factor for the interconnection platform, together with interrupt service.In this paper, the task is to analyze, how different services can be designed for the SegBus platform and observe the improvement in system performance. The designer can select the services according to the requirements. The running example is represented by the H.264 encoder. The SegBus platform architecture, the communication mechanism, the allocation of processing elements on the platform, the communication services and their implementation are the main topics elaborated here.