A Model of Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments
Title | A Model of Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments PDF eBook |
Author | A. E. Knaeuper |
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Pages | 73 |
Release | 1983 |
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The increased use of automation in aircraft, ships, process plants, transportation networks, and other large-scale systems is changing the human's role in such systems. The manual activities of the human operator are increasingly supplanted by monitoring of automation and occasional problem solving activities. This thesis focuses on these problem solving activities. Models of human problem solving are reviewed, with emphasis on those applicable to situations involving human-machine interaction in detecting, diagnosing, and compensation for system failures. From this review it emerges that most models developed thus far focus on a single aspect of problem solving. An overall model is presented, which considers the full breadth and robustness of human problem solving behavior in dynamic environments. A realization of the general structure of this model within a particular rule-based computer program is discussed. Results are presented from applying this program to modeling human problem solving in a process control task. (Author).
Model of Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments
Title | Model of Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments PDF eBook |
Author | Annette Knaeuper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 65 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Group problem solving |
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Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments
Title | Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lewis Henneman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Computer networks |
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This research note seeks an empirical understanding of the relationship between the physical characteristics of a large-scale system and human performance, and formalizing these empirical results into several measures of large scale complexity. Behavioral computer models of the human operator in a large-scale environment were then constructed, and the models were found consistent with human behavior. This approach showed subtle performance improvement for aided subjects. Keywords: Man-machine, Computer models, Human performance, Communication networks.
Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments. Understanding and Supporting Operators in Large-Scale, Complex Systems
Title | Human Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments. Understanding and Supporting Operators in Large-Scale, Complex Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Henneman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 1987 |
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This research note seeks an empirical understanding of the relationship between the physical characteristics of a large-scale system and human performance, and formalizing these empirical results into several measures of large scale complexity. Behavioral computer models of the human operator in a large-scale environment were then constructed, and the models were found consistent with human behavior. This approach showed subtle performance improvement for aided subjects. Keywords: Man-machine, Computer models, Human performance, Communication networks.
Human Problem Solving in Complex Dynamic Environments
Title | Human Problem Solving in Complex Dynamic Environments PDF eBook |
Author | William B. Rouse |
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Pages | |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Human engineering |
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Human Problem Solving in Complex Dynamic Environments
Title | Human Problem Solving in Complex Dynamic Environments PDF eBook |
Author | William B. Rouse |
Publisher | |
Pages | 65 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Human engineering |
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This research note summarizes three years of a four year contract to study ways of improving human performance in highly integrated systems in such areas as communications, transportation, manufacturing, etc. Rule-based computer models of human performance (CAIN) are discussed, as are methods form measuring the complexity of the task of monitoring these large-scale systems. Finally, the development of a computer model (MABEL) which requires subjects to monitor a large-scale communications network is described. Keywords: Man machine systems; CAIN(Contextually Augmented Integrated Network); MABEL(Monitoring Accessing Browsing and Evaluating Limits).
Human Problem Solving
Title | Human Problem Solving PDF eBook |
Author | Allen Newell |
Publisher | Prentice Hall |
Pages | 948 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Education |
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The aim of this book is to advance our understanding of how humans think. It seeks to do so by putting forth a theory of human problem solving, along with a body of empirical evidence that permits assessment of the theory.