Do Researchers Use the Levels of Automation Appropriately? How Automation is Discussed in Research Academic Article

abstract

• Despite multiple taxonomies and descriptions of automation there is inconsistency in describing automation capabilities, making it difficult to interpret and replicate research. We conducted a systematic literature review to investigate how studies document automation. The Scopus database was searched on January 13th, 2023, for vehicle automation studies published in the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference between 2012 and 2022. Twenty-one studies were identified. Sixteen of these studies described the vehicle automation in the protocol and apparatus and five were missing at least one element. We show inconsistency and insufficiency of these explanations, suggesting researchers and participants might not understand the levels of automation. We offer a guide for improving how researchers describe automation capabilities to improve the interpretability and replicability of studies.

authors

• Mcdonald, Anthony

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

author list (cited authors)

• Parker, J., Lee, J. D., McDonald, A., Rau, P., & Philips, B.

complete list of authors

• Parker, Jah’inaya||Lee, John D||McDonald, Anthony||Rau, Paul||Philips, Brian

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Annual Meeting  Journal

keywords

• 46 Information And Computing Sciences
• 4608 Human-centred Computing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/21695067231195913

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21695067231195913