Assessment of Manual. Process Control Strategies,
Abstract
The present research is directed at developing a methodology for examining individual's performance as process controllers. The process of immediate interest is maneuvering flight. In this task the pilot performs as an energy management decision maker, making moment by moment decisions regarding present and future aircraft energy states. A microcomputer-based task has been developed in which a subject flies a simulated vehicle through a course in a sequence of discrete moves. The range of movement available on each move is determined by generic, aircraft flight equations. Performance, as indexed by number of moves required to complete the course, has been found to be strongly related to flying ability. Additional performance measures, based on the decisions made on each move, have been developed which permit examination of control strategies underlying task performance. Such measures will permit analysis of cognitive functions leading to successful control performance and of the effects of environmental and individual factors on these decision making functions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP001621
Entities
People
- Joe De Maio