Coordinated Multi-Disciplinary Design of Complex Human Machine Systems

Abstract

This project addresses two challenges in complex human-machine systems: i) predicting system responses that emerge from the combined actions of multiple networked agents and ii) designing components to establish desirable system operations from collective agent behaviors. In complex human machine systems, the "agents" are comprised of both programmable components and human decision makers. An ultimate objective is to enable effectively controlled coordination of this combination through the development of computational algorithms and human incentives supported by analysis, simulation, fielded surveys, and operational performance feedback. Work has continued on two complementary directions towards our objective. First is the analysis and simulation of agent coordination. Second is understanding the emergence of patterns and interactions among organizational cultural norms, through the use of fielded surveys and operational performance feedback, specifically in the area of organizational safety for high-risk, high-consequence systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 04, 2012
Accession Number
ADA567090

Entities

People

  • E. Feron
  • J. S. Shamma
  • L. Gasser
  • T. Von Thaden

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Transportation
  • Algorithms
  • Assembly
  • Classification
  • Computer Science
  • Cooperative Control
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Self Assembly
  • Simulations
  • Topology
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design