The effect of various levels of automation on human operators' performance in man-machine systems /

"This report describes a method for generating definitive data on the effects of various levels of automation on human operators' performance on man-machine systems. The method incorporates a model and equipment or theoretical and experimental investigations. Equipment was designed and built in accordance with the assumptions of the automation model for studying human performance in an automated environment. Functions to be controlled are generated by a general-purpose analog computer. Pilot experiments have demonstrated that the equipment is suitable and that the model adequately describes automation problems. Significant effects of various levels of automation were demonstrated in some of the experiments."--Page iii."February 1961."Includes bibliographical references."This report describes a method for generating definitive data on the effects of various levels of automation on human operators' performance on man-machine systems. The method incorporates a model and equipment or theoretical and experimental investigations. Equipment was designed and built in accordance with the assumptions of the automation model for studying human performance in an automated environment. Functions to be controlled are generated by a general-purpose analog computer. Pilot experiments have demonstrated that the equipment is suitable and that the model adequately describes automation problems. Significant effects of various levels of automation were demonstrated in some of the experiments."--Page iii.Sponsored and performed by the Aerospace Medical Division of the Wright Air Development and the Battelle Memorial Institute underMode of access: Internet