Paper Info
Title
Symbiotic Co-Evolution In Collaborative Human-Machine Decision Making: Exploration Of A Multi-Year Design Science Research Project In The Air Cargo Industry
Abstract
The work world is set to undergo major changes thanks to advancements in automation and artificial intelligence and is beginning to promote new forms of collaboration. The transition from a technology-supporting environment to a collaborative environment in which people and technology work together to achieve their goals requires a fundamental change in the way we design, build, and ultimately deploy information systems. Most work on information system design focuses on the effective augmentation of humans. However, little is known about constructing a sustainable mutually beneficial collaboration between human and machine. To better understand this relationship, we perform a case study drawing on ethnographic evidence collected during a multi year design science research project with a major service provider for unit load device management in the air cargo industry that resulted in an artifact for human-machine collaboration (HMC). Our study takes a closer look at the co-evolution that emerges from the collaboration between human and artificial agents over time, in which both parties influence each other, the underlying tasks, and their environment. Our analysis reveals three facets of symbiotic co-evolution: agents' evolution, activity evolution, and structural evolution. The findings contribute to the HMC knowledge base and have implications for future HMC design initiatives.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.24251/hicss.2019.033
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 52ND ANNUAL HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
Field
DocType
Citations 
Human–machine system,Computer science,Air cargo,Knowledge management,Design science research
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daniel A. Döppner101.35
Patrick Derckx200.68
Detlef Schoder335046.46