PROJECT SUBIC. SHIP CONTROL VIII. SINGLE-ELEMENT VS. TWO-ELEMENT DISPLAY IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING

Abstract

Sixty male Naval officers and petty officers, ten in each of six experimental conditions, were required to control a simulated submarine, simultaneously, in course and depth. Performance using a single-element display was compared with performance using a two-element display. The results indicate that performance is better when course and depth errors are combined into a single indicator than when there is a separate indicator for each. The superiority of the single-element display was demonstrated with each of three different control configurations. The average performance with the single-element display was from 11.2 to 15.3% more accurate in maintaining course and from 6.7 to 14.4% more accurate in maintaining depth than average performance with the two-element display using the same control. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0258739

Entities

People

  • Bret A. Charipper

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Geometry
  • Indicators
  • Mathematics
  • Naval Vessels
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Physical Properties
  • Ships
  • Sizes (Dimensions)
  • Submarines
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).