Abstraction Hierarchy Tool: A Software for Developing Abstraction Hierarchies as Network Graphs

Joshua Duvnjak; Luciana Blaha; Theodore Lim; Guy H. Walker; Philip Greening; David Flynn

Abstraction Hierarchy Tool: A Software for Developing Abstraction Hierarchies as Network Graphs

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Abstract

The Abstraction Hierarchy (AH) is a Human Factors (E/HF) method used to model the functional structure of complex systems. Although developments have combined the AH with network statistics, this approach is cumbersome to perform. We aim to resolve this issue with our development of a python-based software tool to enable easy access to quantitative statistics within the AH and visualise it as a network graph.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2026
Event	Ergonomics & Human Factors 2026 - East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Apr 2026 → 29 Apr 2026 https://ergonomics.org.uk/events-calendar/ergonomics-human-factors-2026.html

Conference

Conference	Ergonomics & Human Factors 2026
Abbreviated title	EHF 2026
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Nottingham
Period	27/04/26 → 29/04/26
Internet address	https://ergonomics.org.uk/events-calendar/ergonomics-human-factors-2026.html

Keywords

Human Factors Methods
Network Theory
Novel Software Tool

Embargoed Document

Download pdf
Accepted author manuscript, 497 KB
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND
Embargo ends: 27/04/26

Cite this

@conference{e7e816b3a05f4306914710d4bbd55884,

title = "Abstraction Hierarchy Tool: A Software for Developing Abstraction Hierarchies as Network Graphs",

abstract = "The Abstraction Hierarchy (AH) is a Human Factors (E/HF) method used to model the functional structure of complex systems. Although developments have combined the AH with network statistics, this approach is cumbersome to perform. We aim to resolve this issue with our development of a python-based software tool to enable easy access to quantitative statistics within the AH and visualise it as a network graph.",

keywords = "Human Factors Methods, Network Theory, Novel Software Tool",

author = "Joshua Duvnjak and Luciana Blaha and Theodore Lim and Walker, \{Guy H.\} and Philip Greening and David Flynn",

year = "2026",

month = apr,

day = "27",

language = "English",

note = "Ergonomics \& Human Factors 2026, EHF 2026 ; Conference date: 27-04-2026 Through 29-04-2026",

url = "https://ergonomics.org.uk/events-calendar/ergonomics-human-factors-2026.html",

}

TY - CONF

T1 - Abstraction Hierarchy Tool: A Software for Developing Abstraction Hierarchies as Network Graphs

AU - Duvnjak, Joshua

AU - Blaha, Luciana

AU - Lim, Theodore

AU - Walker, Guy H.

AU - Greening, Philip

AU - Flynn, David

PY - 2026/4/27

Y1 - 2026/4/27

N2 - The Abstraction Hierarchy (AH) is a Human Factors (E/HF) method used to model the functional structure of complex systems. Although developments have combined the AH with network statistics, this approach is cumbersome to perform. We aim to resolve this issue with our development of a python-based software tool to enable easy access to quantitative statistics within the AH and visualise it as a network graph.

AB - The Abstraction Hierarchy (AH) is a Human Factors (E/HF) method used to model the functional structure of complex systems. Although developments have combined the AH with network statistics, this approach is cumbersome to perform. We aim to resolve this issue with our development of a python-based software tool to enable easy access to quantitative statistics within the AH and visualise it as a network graph.

KW - Human Factors Methods

KW - Network Theory

KW - Novel Software Tool

M3 - Paper

T2 - Ergonomics & Human Factors 2026

Y2 - 27 April 2026 through 29 April 2026

ER -

Abstraction Hierarchy Tool: A Software for Developing Abstraction Hierarchies as Network Graphs

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Embargoed Document

Fingerprint

Cite this