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An experimental investigation of the interaction between displays and models in multicriteria decision support
Author(s) -
Hussain Hidayat Bin,
Wallace William A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of multi‐criteria decision analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1360
pISSN - 1057-9214
DOI - 10.1002/mcda.4020040302
Subject(s) - preference , task (project management) , human–computer interaction , computer science , process (computing) , cognition , information display , software , interface (matter) , decision support system , machine learning , artificial intelligence , psychology , mathematics , engineering , statistics , systems engineering , bubble , neuroscience , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , programming language , operating system , computer graphics (images)
An experiment in multicriteria decision support was conducted that examined two types of information displays, two different multiattribute models and two levels of task complexity in a laboratory setting with students as subjects. The findings focused on the ‘process’ behaviour and the ‘design’ elements of the human‐machine interface. Findings concerning the process behaviour suggested that the subjects' actions on data acquisition were guided by their cognitive preference for the attributes, but that the subjects had no discernible search pattern for evaluation. Findings for design included a significant interaction between display and model in weight estimation and assessment. The practical implications for software design are also discussed.