Goryachkin

The article offers a new scale for estimating the ergonomics of information display methods. Such methods are utilized in automated control and in-formation processing systems. Special attention was paid to a smart house-type class of systems. This scale contains six points and allows one to estimate two aspects of the ergonomics i.e. usability and involvement. An empirical study to confirm reliability and high sensitivity of the proposed scale was carried out. The reliability was evaluated using a Cronbach’s coefficient while the analysis-of-variance methods were used to estimate sensitivity.

The article tells about business game properties as a method of active training and test control of knowledge of industrial enterprises staff. A formalized model of realization of a multiuser business game script on the basis of Petri net theory is offered. A formalized description of a multirole business game script design process is considered. The article also considers the structure and principles of creation of programmed software environment for computer multirole business games design.