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Applications of Human Performance Models to System Design

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Editors:
  1. Grant R. McMillan

    1. Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, USA

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  2. David Beevis

    1. Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Downsview, Canada

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  3. Eduardo Salas

    1. Naval Training Systems Center, Orlando, USA

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  4. Michael H. Strub

    1. U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Fort Bliss, USA

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  5. Robert Sutton

    1. Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth, Devon, UK

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  6. Leo Breda

    1. TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Objectives and Organization of the Workshop

      • Grant R. McMillan
      Pages 3-5

    3. Designers’ Criteria for Choosing Human Performance Models

      • William B. Rouse, William J. Cody
      Pages 7-14

  3. Task Allocation and Workload Analysis Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-20
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    2. Operator Workload for Military System Acquisition

      • Paul M. Linton, Brian D. Plamondon, A. O. Dick, Alvah C. Bittner Jr., Richard E. Christ
      Pages 21-45

    3. Workload Prediction, Diagnosis, and Continuing Challenges

      • Donald L. Parks, George P. Boucek Jr.
      Pages 47-63

    4. The Development and Application of Models to Predict Operator Workload During System Design

      • Theodore B. Aldrich, Sandra M. Szabo, Carl R. Bierbaum
      Pages 65-80

    5. W/INDEX: A Predictive Model of Operator Workload

      • Robert A. North, Victor A. Riley
      Pages 81-89

    6. A Model for Performing System Performance Analysis in Predesign

      • Charles D. Holley
      Pages 91-99

  4. Models of Individual Tasks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-105
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    2. On the Modeling of Manual Control Tasks

      • Henk G. Stassen
      Pages 107-122

    3. Models of Human Monitoring and Decision Making in Vehicle and Process Control

      • Willi Stein
      Pages 123-134

    4. Target Acquisition: Performance Measures, Process Models, and Design Implications

      • Richard J. Jagacinski
      Pages 135-149

    5. Modelling of Auditory Masked Thresholds in Humans

      • G. M. Rood, R. D. Patterson, M. C. Lower
      Pages 151-168

    6. Dynamic Systems Analysis Programs with Classical and Optimal Control Applications of Human Performance Models

      • R. Wade Allen, Duane T. McRuer, Peter M. Thompson
      Pages 169-184

    7. The Optimal Control Model for Manually Controlled Systems

      • William H. Levison
      Pages 185-198

  5. Models of Multi-Task Situations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-202
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    2. Engineering-Based Approaches to Human Performance Modeling

      • Sheldon Baron, Kevin Corker
      Pages 203-217

    3. Micro SAINT — A Tool for Modeling Human Performance in Systems

      • K. Ronald Laughery
      Pages 219-230
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About this book

The human factors profession is currently attempting to take a more proactive role in the design of man-machine systems than has been character­ istic of its past. Realizing that human engineering contributions are needed well before the experimental evaluation of prototypes or operational systems, there is a concerted effort to develop tools that predict how humans will interact with proposed designs. This volume provides an over­ view of one category of such tools: mathematical models of human performance. It represents a collection of invited papers from a 1988 NATO Workshop. The Workshop was conceived and organized by NATO Research Study Group 9 (RSG.9) on "Modelling of Human Operator Behaviour in Weapon Systems". It represented the culmination of over five years of effort, and was attended by 139 persons from Europe, Canada, and the United States. RSG.9 was established in 1982 by Panel 8 of the Defence Research Group to accomplish the following objectives: * Determine the utility and state of the art of human performance modelling. * Encourage international research and the exchange of ideas. * Foster the practical application of modelling research. * Provide a bridge between the models and approaches adopted by engineers and behavioral scientists. * Present the findings in an international symposium.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, USA

    Grant R. McMillan

  • Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Downsview, Canada

    David Beevis

  • Naval Training Systems Center, Orlando, USA

    Eduardo Salas

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Fort Bliss, USA

    Michael H. Strub

  • Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth, Devon, UK

    Robert Sutton

  • TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

    Leo Breda

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applications of Human Performance Models to System Design

  • Editors: Grant R. McMillan, David Beevis, Eduardo Salas, Michael H. Strub, Robert Sutton, Leo Breda

  • Series Title: Defense Research Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9244-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43242-2Published: 01 August 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9246-1Published: 23 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9244-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 558

  • Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Human Resource Management

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