Visual Fraud Analysis, supporting visual communication between data and analyst

In the current information age the Internet allows us to gather and analyze more data than ever which can easily lead to a persons’ cognitive limits. With data visualization one could relieve cognitive load, which means that the analysts will have more cognitive power to think about patterns or relations within the dataset. In this study, Design...

Directed Movement: Towards a wayfinding based approach of design

The graduation project Directed Movement guides you through the research regarding the personal abilities and environmental characteristics which can ensure a good wayfinding experience. This theory is used to design a (complex) public building as part of the South Bank Centre in London.

Product sounds: Fundamentals and application

Products are ubiquitous, so are the sounds emitted by products. Product sounds influence our reasoning, emotional state, purchase decisions, preference, and expectations regarding the product and the product's performance. Thus, auditory experience elicited by product sounds may not be just about the act of hearing or a sensory response to an...

A model and experimental analysis of pilot decision making behaviour for various approach conditions

This report deals with an investigation of pilots' failure detection performance in a realistic moving-base flight simulator. The task considered was the monitoring of stabilized automatic approaches. Abnormal conditions (excessive windshears or system failures) were to be detected on the basis of unacceptable deviations of displayed variables...