Accession Number:

AD0665455

Title:

ADAPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUMAN CONTROLLER OF TIME-VARYING SYSTEMS.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. Dec 62-Dec 65,

Corporate Author:

BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN INC CAMBRIDGE MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Elkind,Jerome I.
• Miller,Duncan C.

Report Date:

1967-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

191.0

Abstract:

The studies are directed toward the development of models for one aspect of human controller adaptation--adaptation by trained controllers to sudden changes in controlled-element dynamics of single-axis compensatory control systems. The multi-phase model proposed consists of detection, identification, modification, and optimization phases. Detailed models for all four phases of the adaptive process are presented and substantiated by experimental results. Author

Descriptors:

• (*HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• *FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS)
• PILOTS
• DECISION THEORY
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• DETECTION
• IDENTIFICATION
• OPTIMIZATION
• DYNAMICS
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• DECISION MAKING
• REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• REFLEXES
• ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE