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abstraction hierarchy: a standalone construct

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Cognitive engineering

a description of a work system at linked levels from overall purpose down to physical form, where each level explains the one below.

In cognitive engineering, abstraction hierarchy refers to a description of a work system at linked levels from overall purpose down to physical form, where each level explains the one below. This meaning comes from Rasmussen (1985) in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.[1]

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Rasmussen, J. (1985). The role of hierarchical knowledge representation in decisionmaking and system management. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC-15(2), 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.1985.6313353

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