Applications of Human Performance Models to System Design: Defense Research Series. Volume 2

Abstract

Human factors engineers are seeking the opportunity to have an early impact on the design of man-machine systems; to be involved from concept development onward. With this opportunity comes a responsibility. We must provide tools that allow the design team to predict human performance in the same manner that hardware and software performance is predicted. Mathematical models of human performance constitute one - perhaps the most intellectual - category of methods for addressing this requirement. Contents: Task Allocation and Workload Analysis Models; Models of Individual Tasks; Models of Multi-Task Situations; Crew Performance Models; Workspace Design - Anthropometrical and Biomechanical Approaches; Models of Training and Skill Retention; Review and Critique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215322

Entities

People

  • Davis Beevis
  • Eduardo Salas
  • Grant R. Mcmillan
  • Michael H. Strub
  • Robert Sutton

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Databases
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Medical Personnel
  • Network Science
  • Psychology
  • Servomechanisms

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.