THE BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE SYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY STUDIES

Abstract

The effective operation of complex man-machine systems was researched. In its laboratory studies of complete organizations the Systems Research Laboratory used a full-scale model of an air-defense direction center. One major result of this study was the development of techniques for using group learning in greatly improving system performance. In addition to a theoretical approach that can be used by other scientists, the results of this study have many implications for system design, especially in personnel selection and training and in human engineering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 1955
Accession Number
AD0604949

Entities

People

  • John L. Kennedy
  • Robert L. Chapman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic
  • Engineering
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Learning
  • Models
  • Personnel Selection
  • Scale Models
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test Methods
  • Traffic
  • Training
  • United States
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.