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Design of a process overview display in a Human-Machine-Interface

Lavin, Emil (2014) In CODEN:LUTEDX/TEIE- EIE920 20141
Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation
Abstract
The aim of this master thesis is to present new and well proven methods about how to best design an overview display. Since designing is a creative process and there can be many alternative designs
that fulfill the same requirements, this master thesis will focus on presenting guidelines and
principles that will aid in the design process.
How to design an effective interface display will be discussed in the context of Endsley’s Situation
Awareness model. This master thesis will cover ideas such as Information Rich display Design (IRD),
High Performance Human Machine Interface (HPHMI), as well as briefly discuss alarm system design.
The psychological aspect of implementing a change and making it a successful one is discussed in the
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The aim of this master thesis is to present new and well proven methods about how to best design an overview display. Since designing is a creative process and there can be many alternative designs
that fulfill the same requirements, this master thesis will focus on presenting guidelines and
principles that will aid in the design process.
How to design an effective interface display will be discussed in the context of Endsley’s Situation
Awareness model. This master thesis will cover ideas such as Information Rich display Design (IRD),
High Performance Human Machine Interface (HPHMI), as well as briefly discuss alarm system design.
The psychological aspect of implementing a change and making it a successful one is discussed in the
light of the ADKAR model. This includes creating awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and
reinforcement to the change. The two main types of overview displays, functional overview display
and schematic overview display, will be compared by bringing forth pros and cons for both types. A
practice oriented design process for overview displays is presented. The three main steps of this
process are (1) identify the critical variables, (2) identify the critical interactions and (3) identify
appropriate visualizations.
An overview display will be presented for a chemical process plant that produces Trimethylolpropane
(TMP) in Perstorp. This master thesis will include interviews with an operator and a subject matter
expert to identify the information needs according to the practice oriented design process. The overview display is presented in the software DeltaV. (Less)
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author
Lavin, Emil
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course
EIE920 20141
year
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H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
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CODEN:LUTEDX/TEIE-
report number
5344
language
English
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5159750
date added to LUP
2015-12-11 11:51:10
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this master thesis is to present new and well proven methods about how to best design an overview display. Since designing is a creative process and there can be many alternative designs
that fulfill the same requirements, this master thesis will focus on presenting guidelines and
principles that will aid in the design process.
How to design an effective interface display will be discussed in the context of Endsley’s Situation
Awareness model. This master thesis will cover ideas such as Information Rich display Design (IRD),
High Performance Human Machine Interface (HPHMI), as well as briefly discuss alarm system design.
The psychological aspect of implementing a change and making it a successful one is discussed in the
light of the ADKAR model. This includes creating awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and
reinforcement to the change. The two main types of overview displays, functional overview display
and schematic overview display, will be compared by bringing forth pros and cons for both types. A
practice oriented design process for overview displays is presented. The three main steps of this
process are (1) identify the critical variables, (2) identify the critical interactions and (3) identify
appropriate visualizations.
An overview display will be presented for a chemical process plant that produces Trimethylolpropane
(TMP) in Perstorp. This master thesis will include interviews with an operator and a subject matter
expert to identify the information needs according to the practice oriented design process. The overview display is presented in the software DeltaV.}},
  author       = {{Lavin, Emil}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{CODEN:LUTEDX/TEIE-}},
  title        = {{Design of a process overview display in a Human-Machine-Interface}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}