Abstract
As engineers design ever more complex systems, such as bionanotechnology, it is particularly difficult for engineers to navigate the influences of parameters to design across multiple scales. We introduce a software tool that contains graphical interface modules that display multiple inputs and outputs simultaneously in real-time, across multiple scales of interest. To assess the utility of real-time feedback in the tool, the tool is validated through user studies involving counterbalanced sequences of optimization tasks with varying complexity and either real-time or delayed feedback. Real-time feedback consistently improved a user's ability to find better designs and the benefit increased as task complexity grew. Our scientific contribution is a greater understanding of how users search and understand complex design spaces. Users in the real-time condition were made fewer changes to designs each iteration and identifying such strategies could inform agent-based algorithms. Findings aid complex systems applications including virtual experiments, reverse engineering, and scientific discovery.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design |
Subtitle of host publication | Design for Harmonies, ICED 2013 |
Pages | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Volume | 9 DS75-09 |
State | Published - 2013 |
Event | 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2013 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: Aug 19 2013 → Aug 22 2013 |
Conference
Conference | 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2013 |
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Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Seoul |
Period | 08/19/13 → 08/22/13 |
Keywords
- Cognitive study
- Complexity
- GUI
- Myosin