Man-Machine Systems for Detection, Recognition, Transmission, and Perception of Information. Volume II.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop a mathematical model of perceptual information processing that might be applied to engineering problems involving the use of an operator in a signal/information processing task. Using as a foundation the more basic and general psychological findings a predictive momodel was formulated which interactively incorporated this past research. The model formulation described a means of characterizing the ability of people to use information both for discrimination and identification tasks. Information processing was considered in an independent manner. A sequential logarithmic means of processing information was proposed which not only agreed with the results of past research but also provided a reasonably accurate simulation of both response accuracy and response time during the experimental study. A Bayesian means of characterizing the behavioral adjustments of both response accuracy and response time was proposed which used a memory of past responses to 'learn' the probabilities of the stimuli. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0727610
Entities
People
- David P. Kennedy
- Herbert M. Kaufman
- Howard A. Sholl
- Michael Drillings
- Taylor L. Booth
Organizations
- University of Connecticut