Cognitive load reduction through the use of building blocks in the design of decision support systems

Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 3882-3889

  Kolfschoten, Gwendolyn ^a   Valentin, Edwin ^a   De Vreede, Gert Jan ^b   Verbraeck, Alexander ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Building blocks; Cognitive load; Design skills; Expertise reversal effect; Modeling skills

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MANAGERS;

BUILDING BLOCKES; COGNITIVE LOADS; DESIGN SKILLS; EXPERTISE REVERSAL EFFECT; MODEL SKILL;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84870368263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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