The EPIC Architecture for Modeling Human Information-Processing and Performance: A Brief Introduction

Abstract

EPIC (Executive Process-Interactive Control) is a human information- processing architecture that is especially suited for modeling multiple-task performance. The EPIC architecture includes peripheral sensory-motor processors surrounding a production-rule cognitive processor, and is being used to construct precise computational models for basic multiple-task situations. Some of these models are briefly illustrated here to demonstrate how EPIC applies to multiple-task performance, and helps clarify some basic properties of human performance. Additional applications of EPIC to modeling human-computer interaction are briefly summarized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280762

Entities

People

  • David E. Meyer
  • David Kieras

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Processing
  • Motor Skills
  • Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.