Development of a Continuous Performance Measure for Manual Control.
Abstract
The performance measurement concept typically applied to manual control systems employs a summary measure which provides a numerical score to represent performance of the total control problem. While summary measures are necessary for evaluating total performance they do not reveal information about control actions that occur during the control problem. If performance can be measured and evaluated continuously throughout the control problem each control action can be evaluated rapidly and thus individually. Also if the continuous measurement and evaluation can be related to the summary measure, each control action can be evaluated as an entity, as well as, part of the total control problem. The desired continuous performance measure (CPM) provides a continuous indication of the correct motion of the aircraft at each point in a mission segment and what is also important, an indication of the significance of any motion errors with respect to the summary measure performance selected. This application of the continuous performance measure is termed the 'Mission Model' since the model can provide both reference aircraft motion and an evaluation of the flight control errors. The objective of the research reported here is to evaluate the feasibility of continuous performance measures for aircraft systems, and the development of the necessary computational tools.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA041676
Entities
People
- E. M. Connelly
- G. P. Chubb
- R. M. Zeskind