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1. Artefactual Intelligence: The Development and Use of Cognitively Congenial Artefacts
Abstract : How can tools help structure tasks to make them cognitively easier to perform? How do artefacts, and our strategies for using them, develop over time in cognitively beneficial ways? These are two of the main questions that are explored in the five papers collected in this thesis. The first paper details an ethnographic study conducted on people cooking in their homes. READ MORE
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2. The cognitive use of artifacts in cooperative process management : Rescue management and underground line control
Abstract : Work performed in various types of centers of coordination is highly dynamic and requires that a team continuously take actions and make multiple decisions in real time. This type of Work is here refered to as cooperative process management. READ MORE
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3. Perceive those things which cannot be seen : A cognitive systems engineering perspective on requirements management
Abstract : Non-functional requirements contribute to the overall quality of software, and should therefore be a part of any development effort. However, in practice they are often considered to be too difficult to handle. The purpose of this thesis is to gain understanding of where the nature and origin of these difficulties may lie. READ MORE
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4. Technology, Language and Thought : Extensions of Meaning in the English Lexicon
Abstract : In this thesis, the relationship between technological innovation and the development of language and thought is analysed. For this purpose, three different fields of technology are investigated: 1) the steam engine, 2) electricity, and 3) motor vehicles, roads and ways. READ MORE
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5. Supporting Operators with their Daily Tasks in Complex Production Environments - a Perspective on ICT Tools
Abstract : To achieve a sustainable competitive business all resources needs to be utilized. Within a manufacturing company the shop-floor operators are one of those resources. The shop-floor operators has been called “A key to future competitiveness and effectiveness”. READ MORE