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The heuristic version of Cognitive Work Analysis: A first application to medical emergency situations by Morineau, Thierry, Flach, John M.

“…Cognitive Work Analysis is an original method that seeks to describe work systems made up of nested sets of constraints, from ecological constraints imposed by…”
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Beyond Ecological Interface Design: Lessons From Concerns and Misconceptions by Borst, Clark, Flach, John M., Ellerbroek, Joost

“…The ecological interface design (EID) paradigm was introduced in the process control domain 25 years ago by Kim Vicente and Jens Rasmussen, as a way to help…”
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Management of Test Results in Family Medicine Offices by Elder, Nancy C., MD, McEwen, Timothy R., MS, Flach, John M., PhD, Gallimore, Jennie J., PhD

“…Abstract Purpose We wanted to explore test results management systems in family medicine offices and to delineate the components of quality in results…”
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Medical education should teach heuristics rather than train them away by Feufel, Markus A, Flach, John M

“…Context Ample research suggests that most decisions are based on heuristics—simple rules of thumb—that violate prescriptions of logic and probability theory…”
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Complexity: learning to muddle through by Flach, John M.

“…The articles in this special issue are placed in the context of the literature of general systems theory. The focus is on the complexity (or requisite variety)…”
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Identifying Seekers and Suppliers in Social Media Communities to Support Crisis Coordination by Purohit, Hemant, Hampton, Andrew, Bhatt, Shreyansh, Shalin, Valerie L., Sheth, Amit P., Flach, John M.

“…Effective crisis management has long relied on both the formal and informal response communities. Social media platforms such as Twitter increase the…”
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Ecological Interface Design for Vehicle Locomotion Control by van Paassen, Marinus M., Borst, Clark, Ellerbroek, Joost, Mulder, Max, Flach, John M.

“…Ecological interface design (EID) was originally developed in the context of process control but has been extended into many domains where technology has…”
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A Commentary on Hancock’s “On the Design of Time” by Flach, John M.

“…The author has mixed feelings about Hancock's (2018) approach to time. On the one hand, one might interpret statements such as "We never stop the river of life…”
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Decisionmaking in practice: The dynamics of muddling through by Flach, John M., Feufel, Markus A., Reynolds, Peter L., Parker, Sarah Henrickson, Kellogg, Kathryn M.

“…An alternative to conventional models that treat decisions as open-loop independent choices is presented. The alterative model is based on observations of work…”
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Striving for safety: communicating and deciding in sociotechnical systems by Flach, John M., Carroll, John S., Dainoff, Marvin J., Hamilton, W. Ian

“…How do communications and decisions impact the safety of sociotechnical systems? This paper frames this question in the context of a dynamic system of nested…”
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Emergent features and perceptual objects: re-examining fundamental principles in analogical display design by Holt, Jerred, Bennett, Kevin B., Flach, John M.

“…Two sets of design principles for analogical visual displays, based on the concepts of emergent features and perceptual objects, are described. An…”
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Beyond Affordances: Closing the Generalization Gap Between Design and Cognitive Science by Flach, John M., Stappers, Pieter Jan, Voorhorst, Fred A.

“…As designers and cognitive scientists begin to explore human experience as a relation between people and products, there is a need for constructs that index…”
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Visual momentum redux by Bennett, Kevin B., Flach, John M.

“…Over 25 years ago Woods (1984) introduced the concept of visual momentum: the extent to which an interface supports a practitioner in transitioning between…”
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Toward an Ecological Theory of Rationality: Debunking the Hot Hand "Illusion" by Hammack, Taleri, Cooper, Jehengar, Flach, John M., Houpt, Joseph

“…This article explores the "hot hand illusion" from the perspective of ecological rationality. Monte Carlo simulations were used to test the sensitivity of…”
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From Autonomous Systems to Sociotechnical Systems: Designing Effective Collaborations by Kyle J. Behymer, John M. Flach

“…Effectiveness in sociotechnical systems often depends on coordination among multiple agents (including both humans and autonomous technologies). This means…”
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From Designing to Enabling Effective Collaborations by John M. Flach

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Learning to Avoid Collisions: A Functional State Space Approach by Stanard, Terry, Flach, John M., Smith, Matthew R. H., Warren, Rik

“…Two experiments examined performance in collision avoidance situations. In both experiments participants were asked to initiate a discrete maneuver to avoid a…”
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Sources of optical information useful for perception of speed of rectilinear self-motion by Larish, J F, Flach, J M

“…Magnitude judgments of the speed of self-motion were examined. The principal independent variables were edge rate, global optical flow rate, and the type of…”
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Monocular optical constraints on collision control by Smith, M R, Flach, J M, Dittman, S M, Stanard, T

“…A simulated ball-hitting task was used to explore the optical basis for collision control. Ball speed and size were manipulated in Experiments 1 and 2. Results…”
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Developing Representations to Support Clinical Decision Making: Insights from Work Analysis by Flach, John M.

“…Principles of Work Domain Analysis (WDA) and Ecological Interface Design (EID) are illustrated using the example of a graphical interface designed to support…”
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