Project

Supporting problem solving in CPPS: On the role of abstract mental representations of key causal models

Research Interests

• Complex problem solving
• Transfer of knowledge
• Competence development in complex environments
• Human-centred design of highly automated systems

Education

Publications with peer review

Kessler, F., Proske, A., Urbas, L., Goldwater, M., Krieger, F., Greiff, S., & Narciss, S. (2023). Promoting Complex Problem Solving by Introducing Schema-Governed Categories of Key Causal Models. Behavioral Sciences, 13(9), 701.

Satkowski, M.*, Kessler, F.*, Narciss, S., & Dachselt, R. (2022). Who benefits from Visualization Adaptations? Towards a better Understanding of the Influence of Visualization Literacy. Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS), USA, 90-94. *equal contribution

Kessler, F.*, Lorenz, S.*, Miesen, F.*, Miesner, J.*, Pelzer, F.*, Satkowski, M.*, Klose, A., & Urbas, L. (2022). Conducive design as an iterative process for engineering CPPS. 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. [Manuscript accepted for publication]. *equal contribution

Klose, A., Kessler, F., Pelzer, F., Rothhaupt, M., Kostiuk, D., Kabashi, A., ... & Urbas, L. (2021, September). Representing Causal Structures in HAZOP Studies. In 2021 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.

Kessler, F., Proske, A., Goldwater, M., Urbas, L., Greiff, S., & Narciss, S. (2021). Promoting thinking in terms of causal structures: Impact on performance in solving complex problems. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 43, No. 43).

Müller, R., Kessler, F., Humphrey, D. W., & Rahm, J. (2021). Data in context: How digital transformation can support human reasoning in cyber-physical production systems. Future Internet, 13(6), 156. Download

Klose, A., Merkelbach, S., Menschner, A., Hensel, S., Heinze, S., Bittorf, L., Kockmann, N., Schäfer, C., Szmais, S., Eckert, M., Rüde, T., Scherwietes, T., da Silva Santos, P., Stenger, F., Holm, T., Welcher, W., Krink, N., Schenk, T., Stutz, A., Maurmaier, M., Stark, K., Hoernicke, M., Unland, S., Erben, S., Kessler, F., Apitz, F., Urbas, L. (2019). Orchestration Requirements for Modular Process Plants in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 42(11), 2282-2291. Download

Further publications

Kessler, F., Proske, A., Goldwater, M., Krieger, F., Urbas, L., Greiff, S., Narciss, S. (2021, March). Enhancing sensitivity for causal structures: Implications for complex problem solving. Talk presented at the 63^rd Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Ulm, Germany.

Kessler, F., Kruse, J., Korb, F., Scherbaum, S. (2019, June). A picture is worth a thousand words - how pictorial presentation of monetary value influences temporal discounting. Poster presented at the 38^th Conference of the European Group of Process Tracing Studies (EGPROC 2019), Dresden, Germany.