Influence of cognitive overload and bias on engineering design

Savage, Justin C. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-3475, Miles, John Christopher, Moore, Carolynne J. and Miles, Christopher 1996. Influence of cognitive overload and bias on engineering design. Kumar, B. and Retik, A., eds. Information Representation and Delivery in Civil and Structural Engineering Design, Civil-Comp Proceedings, vol. 36. Edinburgh: Civil Comp Press, pp. 77-83. (10.4203/ccp.36.4.2)

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Abstract

The research aims to investigate the influence of cognitive overload and bias on engineering design. In order to investigate the design process, simple design tasks which emulate design activity have been developed and used. These tasks enable possible influencing factors on the design process to be isolated and hence their impact assessed. Two main experiments have been performed to date. Both experiments incorporated simple tasks with easily identifiable components. This allowed the experimenters to single out factors that could be manipulated in order to determine their effect. The first investigation looked at the effects of time and cost on the design process. From this set of tests, it was established that time and cost constraints both affected designer behaviour. The second study was performed in order to readdress some of the design shortcomings of the first. Here a new set of tasks were developed for future experimentation. This set of tasks give a 43.75-50.00 percent prediction that subjects will produce a specific design. This is not to say, however, that subjects cannot produce other designs, the opportunity to be creative or use alternative solutions still exist.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology Engineering
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Publisher:	Civil Comp Press
ISBN:	0948749385
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2023 16:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33280

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