COSIMO: A cognitive simulation model of human decision making and behavior in accident management of complex plants

Embodied models as simulated users: introduction to this special issue on using cognitive models to improve interface design

“…These have included declarative models, such as the keystroke model (Nichols & Ritter, 1995) and GOMS (Beard et al, 1996;Williams et al, 1998), that make predictions about total time given a description of the user's behavior; performance models that predict what aspects of cognition are used in performing a task (May, Barnard & Blandford, 1993); and process models that, by actually performing the task, predict behavior, time, and resource usage (Huguenard, Lerch, Junker, Patz & Kass, 1997;Kieras et al, 1995b). The value of employing architecturally based cognitive models to help the design of the interface has been demonstrated with the cognitive simulation model COSIMO (Cacciabue, Decortis, Drozdowicz, Masson & Nordvik, 1992). COSIMO utilizes a blackboard architecture to provide the required level of #exibility and modularity, and to allow it to model the various types of cognitive functions, such as information seeking and monitoring, performed by operators of a nuclear power plant simulation.…”

Principles for modelling function allocation

“…The modelling framework is called Function Allocation Methods (FAME), see Figure 3. FAME has several predecessors, among which the cognitive simulation model (COSIMO; Cacciabue et al, 1992), the system response generator (SRG) (Hollnagel, Cacciabue & Rouchet, 1992) and the cognitive and action modelling of an erring operator (CAMEO; Fujita, Sakuta & Yanagisawa 1993) should be mentioned. A common element in all the models is a description of the goals and their associated functions (tasks).…”

Intelligibilité mutuelle et contexte partagé

“…Telle que nous l'entendons ici, la simulation cognitive est à regarder comme une projection virtuelle systématisée d'une situation d'activité future, moyennant un certain nombre d'hypothèses sur cette situation. Elle constitue d'une certaine façon, dans le contexte de situations proches de celles que nous étudions, le pendant ergonomique, c'est-à-dire technologique, de simulations qui se donnent pour objectif de reproduire de manière psychologiquement plausible toute ou partie d'une activité cognitive donnée (Woods, Roth, & Pople, 1987 ;Cacciabue, Decortis, Drozdowicz, Masson, & Nordvik, 1990 ;Amalberti, 1992). …”