Simulation modelling is becoming increasingly more common for resource allocation evaluation in a multitude of domains, a few among them being healthcare and emergency medical services. With increased usage follows the most frequent problems regarding simulation, one being usability, that is to say the ease with which the system is operated. When building simulation frameworks the concept of usability is often relegated to an afterthought, with a focus instead on making accurate representations of real world scenarios. Occurrences like these are part of an industry wide trend despite the correlation between usability of a simulation framework and their effectiveness being well documented. This thesis studies what major factors are causing low usability in simulation frameworks and how usability could be improved. This is done through a case study of a simulation framework using the fail fast method, where the results and their applicability on simulation in general is analysed and evaluated using established checklists. Major weaknesses were categorised in properties that the simulation framework was lacking in and design principles were defined regarding propagation of synergistic solutions pertaining to usability. The studied simulation framework's usability was improved by increasing the qualities of these properties while adhering to design principles that were specified from the analysis. User test showed a reduction in execution time of tasks by 90 percent, a marked improvement that lends credibility to the study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-69317 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Marcus, Johansson, Andreas, Johansson |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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