Development of a Taxonomy of Human Performance: An Information-Theoretic Approach

Abstract

The development and evaluation of systems for describing and classifying tasks which can improve generalization of research results about human performance is essential for organizing, communicating, and implementing these research findings. The present research was undertaken to develop one such system which is based on an information processing model. A theoretical model for task classification, generated as one of several approaches to development of a taxonomy of human performance, is presented. A method for empirical evaluation of the model is described in terms of a two-fold iterative procedure involving computer simulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736193

Entities

People

  • Jerrold M. Levine
  • Warren H. Teichner

Organizations

  • American Institutes for Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Simulations
  • Contracts
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Information Theory
  • Information Transfer
  • Input Output Devices
  • Language
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Motor Skills
  • Probability
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Sampling
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.