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Wissenserwerb and Performanz bei der Regelung komplexer Systeme

Knowledge Acquisition and Performance in the Control of Complex Systems

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Controlling a complex system presupposes knowledge about the system and its responses to control interventions. We investigate how limitations on resources, specifically time availability and background knowledge, affect knowledge acquisition and performance on a task which involves operating a computersimulated power plant. Our methodological approach integrates empirical research and cognitive modeling. We demonstrate how results can be analyzed and interpreted on the basis of a cognitive model that in turn leads to further research questions.

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Die Regelung eines komplexen Systems erfordert Wissen über das System and dessen Antworten auf Regelungseingriffe. Im Rahmen eines methodischen Ansatzes, der empirisch-analytisches and konstruktiv-synthetisches Vorgehen integriert, wird am Beispiel eines Kraftwerkmodells untersucht, welchen Einfluss die Ressourcen Zeit and Hintergrundwissen auf Wissenserwerb and Regelungsgute haben and wie die gefundenen Effekte mit Hilfe eines kognitiven Modells analysiert, interpretiert and fur weitere Fragestellungen fruchtbar gemacht werden können.

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  1. Fachrichtung Psychologie, Universität des Saarlandes, Postfach 151150, D-66041, Saarbrücken

    Dieter P. Wallach & Werner H. Tack

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Wallach, D.P., Tack, W.H. Wissenserwerb and Performanz bei der Regelung komplexer Systeme. Kognit. Wiss. 7, 118–123 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001970050063

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