Developing a Method for Creating and Validating the Safety of Interface Design

开发一种创建和验证界面设计安全性的方法

• 批准号: RGPIN-2020-06950
• 负责人: Borycki, Elizabeth
• 金额: $ 3.85万
• 依托单位: University of Victoria
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=741509
• 关键词: Developing; Method; Creating; Validating; Safety

Technology is becoming ubiquitous and software is increasingly being implemented in more complex environments, where human software interactions are more likely to lead to death, injury, litigation, software redesign costs and re-implementation costs. The overall goal of this research program is to develop a methodology for creating and validating evidence-based, safety heuristics to reduce the number of errors arising from interface designs. To date, human-in-the-loop simulation has not been used to validate safety heuristics or guidelines. This approach is essential to preventing technology-induced errors. The objectives of this research program are to: (1) develop evidence-based, safety guidelines based on the published empirical literature involving human operators interacting with systems, (2) validate those guidelines with the assistance of experts in the field of human computer interaction, (3) develop several prototypes of interface designs (both with and without) the guidelines, (4) test safety of the user interface designs using human-in-the-loop simulations drawn from publicly available incident data, (5) validate the guidelines for their ability to prevent technology-induced errors. The research draws upon existing knowledge in software safety and interface design, and extends such work to: the creation of evidence-based safety heuristics to prevent technology-induced error; and the development of a methodology involving human-in-the loop simulations to test and validate newly developed guidelines for interface designs for their ability to reduce errors arising from human computer interaction before real-world implementation occurs. This research will inform the design, customization and procurement of technologies for work environments where empirical studies (after systems have been implemented) have documented instances where technology has inadvertently caused workers' to make errors (i.e. technology-induced errors).

技术正变得无处不在，软件越来越多地在更复杂的环境中实施，在这种环境中，人与软件的交互更有可能导致死亡、伤害、诉讼、软件重新设计成本和重新实施成本。该研究计划的总体目标是开发一种方法，用于创建和验证基于证据的安全启发式方法，以减少界面设计引起的错误数量。到目前为止，人在回路模拟还没有被用来验证安全启发式或指南。这种方法对于防止技术引起的错误至关重要。本研究计划的目标是：(1)根据已发表的涉及人类操作员与系统交互的经验文献，制定基于证据的安全指南；(2)在人机交互领域专家的协助下验证这些指南；(3)开发几种界面设计的原型(包括有无指南)；(4)使用来自公开可用事件数据的人在回路中的模拟来测试用户界面设计的安全性；(5)验证指南防止技术引起的错误的能力。这项研究利用了软件安全和界面设计方面的现有知识，并将此类工作扩展到：创建基于证据的安全试探法以防止技术诱导的错误；以及开发一种涉及人在回路模拟的方法来测试和验证新开发的界面设计指南的能力，以在现实世界实施之前减少因人机交互而产生的错误。这项研究将为工作环境中技术的设计、定制和采购提供信息，在这些环境中，经验研究(在系统实施后)记录了技术无意中导致工人犯错(即技术引起的错误)的实例。