PERFORMANCE STUDIES ON THE NOTS-UCLA TRACKING SIMULATOR: AN INVESTIGATION OF OPERATOR PREDICTIVE BEHAVIOR ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPENSATORY TRACKING.

Abstract

The experiment assessed the extent to which operators employed predictive behavior on two-dimensional tracking. Two problems were presented: in one, operators were asked to extrapolate an overlearned trajectory upon the disappearance of the target and in the other, operators tracked one of four possible trajectories with and without pre-test knowledge concerning the specific trajectory that would be presented. No evidence was found which suggested that operators exhibited predictive behavior on the bases of trajectory experience, immediate past history of the target, or expectancies derived from the pre-test trajectory information. The results also indicated that tracking error is largely a function of trajectory pattern, rather than the actual target dynamics (velocity, acceleration), and that error magnification facilitated performance on all patterns. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0657182

Entities

People

  • John Lyman
  • Russell L. Smith

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dynamics
  • Magnification
  • Motion
  • Physical Properties
  • Simulators
  • Trajectories
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
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