[Martin Taylor 931020 19:10]
This note has been pending for some time. I think now is the moment to
send it, given the interchange that has followed Rick's attendance at the
Human Factors Society meeting in Seattle. The immediate trigger is
(Tom Bourbon 931020.1457)
Greg, what do you think of the following idea? You seem to have a clearer
grasp than some of the others of us (unnamed here) of similarities
between models and terminology in traditional human factors and PCT. Why
don't you do a short article for a mainstream human factors journal. Lay out
what you think are the points of agreement, then carefully translate, in
both directions, the key terms you think are misunderstood by either side.
The article need not be long. It might go a long way toward assuring that
the bridge is built and the two halves meet in the middle, or anywhere else
for that matter.
) of similaritiesMartin
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I have been asked by the editor of the International Journal of Man-Machine
Studies to guest edit an issue devoted to PCT. He has allowed me control
of the form and content of the issue, and to some extent its size. I do
not at present know what the issue will contain, or when it will appear
(but see below).
The International Journal of Man-Machine Studies (IJMMS) is a prestigious
human factors journal, but the editor has expressly requested that the
content of this issue not be narrowly confined to human factors. PCT
should be considered and developed in a wider context, within which he hopes
that at least some of the papers will address human factors issues.
What presently I envisage is an issue with major papers and short notes.
Each major paper would develop either some theoretical aspect of PCT or
some application area in which PCT has been or ought to be useful. The
short notes would illustrate the breadth of application of PCT, or
interesting theoretical points. The issue as a whole would develop PCT
from the exacting modelling studies based on tracking data, all the way
to social application.
I am open to alternate suggestions on all aspects of the issue.
I have already invited contributions from a few potential authors, and
will invite more. This note is a blanket invitation for anyone who thinks
that they or someone they know might appropriately contribute a
paper. What I would like is a BRIEF (1 page max) proposal for a paper,
suggesting what the paper might contribute to the issue, and indicating
something of the content. I'm not looking for abstracts, and it is
not necessary that the proposer be the author. You can propose that
someone else should be invited to contribute a paper.
An invitation to contribute is not a guarantee of publication. Completed
papers will be reviewed as usual.
If you ever want to submit an uninvited paper to IJMMS, you can submit it
to the editor in the ordinary way. If he thinks it might be appropriate
for this issue, I'm sure he will pass it along. But for now, I would
prefer to see short proposals on the basis of which I can issue invitations,
rather than full papers.
Timing: I do not know when the issue will be put together, but I am
currently targeting the end of 1994. I hope that authors will be able
to circulate drafts of their papers before the 1994 Durango meeting,
and that some editorial modification can be done collegially during the
meeting, to help make a unified issue.
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Distribution of this notice: Please pass this notice to anyone who might
be interested either in contributing to or in reading the issue. I do not
think, however, that there is much point in copying it to mailing lists
or newgroups outside CSG-L. If you want to do so, go ahead, provided the
readers of the list are likely to know what "PCT" means without further
explanation.
Martin Taylor
E-mail proposals preferred, to mmt@ben.dciem.dnd.ca
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