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Problem Structuring Methods in System Dynamics Modeling-A Cognitive Fit Perspective

Alain Wegmann, Arash Golnam, Gorica Tapandjieva Sekulovska, Sérgio Viana

The knowledge residing in the mental models of clients and stakeholders is considered as a crucial source of information by system dynamicists. Despite the importance of this knowledge, the theory of SD does not provide practical means for eliciting and re ...

2011

Brain-Controlled Telepresence Robot by Motor-Disabled People

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Luca Tonin, Tom Edward Carlson

Abstract—In this paper we present the first results of users with disabilities in mentally controlling a telepresence robot, a rather complex task as the robot is continuously moving and the user must control it for a long period of time (over 6 minutes) t ...

IEEE2011

Comparing system visions of farmers and experts

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer

The goal of this paper is to identify farmers’ future in terms of the pesticide management of potato growing farmers in Vereda la Hoya (Boyacá, Colombia). To achieve this goal we applied the Future-Structured Mental Model Approach (Future-SMMA) and intervi ...

2010

Structured Mental Model Approach for Analyzing Perception of Risks to Rural Livelihood in Developing Countries

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer

This paper presents the Structural Mental Model Approach aimed at understanding differences in perception between experts and farmers regarding the various livelihood risks farmers are confronted with. The SMMA combines the Sustainable Livelihood Framework ...

2010

Comparison of farmers’ mental models of the present and the future: A case study of pesticide use

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer

Farmers in developing countries will in the future be confronted with major changes. The ability to cope with these challenges rests on their capability to relate future problems to current behavior. Our approach investigates this capability and consists i ...

2010

Attention to Multiple Local Critics in Decision Making and Control

Arash Arami

Dealing with uncertainties and lack of knowledge about problems and situations, there is a perpetual difficulty to evaluate the situations and action values in all time steps. On the other hand, the design of critics which delicately guide the agent even w ...

Elsevier2010

Combining brain-computer interfaces and assistive technologies: state-of-the-art and challenges

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb

In recent years, new research has brought the field of electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain–computer interfacing (BCI) out of its infancy and into a phase of relative maturity through many demonstrated prototypes such as brain-controlled wheelchairs, key ...

2010

System Perspectives of Experts and Farmers Regarding the Role of Livelihood Assets in Risk Perception: Results from the Structured Mental Model Approach

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer

Pesticide application is increasing and despite extensive educational programs farmers continue to take high health and environmental risks when applying pesticides. The structured mental model approach (SMMA) is a new method for risk perception analysis. ...

2009

Asynchronous Non-Invasive Brain-Actuated Control of an Intelligent Wheelchair

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Eileen Lew Yi Lee

In this paper we present further results of our asynchronous and non-invasive BMI for the continuous control of an intelligent wheelchair. Three subjects participated in two experiments where they steered the wheelchair spontaneously, without any external ...

2009

Control of Attention to Mental States and Multiple Critics

Arash Arami

Attentional modulation is needed when a decision maker is faced with too much information to process. In this paper we discuss the use of attention in control applications where usually higher order system dynamics are involved as typical benchmarks consid ...

2009

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