Toward a Mathematics of Politics / Gordon Tullock

• Record Nr.: UNINA990006681910403321
• Autore: Tullock, Gordon <1922- >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: s.l. : University of Michigan Press, 1972
• Descrizione fisica: 22 cm pp. 176
• Locazione: FSPBC; DECTS
• Collocazione: VI C 321; D7.15
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Quantitative modeling of human performance in complex, dynamic systems / / Sheldon Baron, Dana S. Kruser, and Beverly Messick Huey, editors ; Panel on Human Performance Modeling, Committee on Human Factors, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953640503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990
• ISBN: 9786610214273; 9781280214271; 1280214279; 9780309564649; 0309564646; 9780585149165; 058514916X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (108 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HueyBeverly Messick; BaronSheldon; KruserDana S
• Soggetti: Human information processing - Mathematical models; Human-computer interaction - Mathematical models
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Panel chairman: Sheldon Baron.; Project supported by the Office of Naval Research.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Quantitative Modeling of Human Performance in Complex, Dynamic Systems -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- SCOPE -- WHAT IS HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELING? -- Output Versus Process -- Predictive Versus Descriptive -- Prescriptive (Normative) Versus Descriptive -- Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up -- Single-Task (Limited Scope) Versus Multitask (Comprehensive) -- MODELING METHODOLOGY -- WHY USE HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS? -- Processes That May Benefit from Their Use -- Theory Development and Evaluation -- System Design and Evaluation -- Alternative (or Complementary) Methodologies to Modeling -- Expert Opinion -- Simulation -- Evaluation of Real Systems -- Laboratory Experimentation -- Benefits of Human Performance Modeling -- Genealogy of Human Performance Models -- Information-Processing Models -- Control Theory Models -- Task Network Models -- Knowledge-Based Models -- 2 Approaches To Human Performance Modeling -- MODELS OF LIMITED SCOPE -- LARGER, OR INTEGRATIVE, APPROACHES -- Information Processing -- Background -- Exemplar -- Strengths -- Caveats -- Control Theory -- Background -- Exemplar -- Strengths -- Caveats -- Task Network -- Background -- Illustration -- Time/Accuracy Models -- Other Performance Measures -- Processing Models -- Open-and Closed-Loop Models -- Models of Limited Scope -- Aggregation Issues and Macromodels -- Exemplars -- Strengths -- Caveats -- Knowledge-Based -- Background -- Exemplars -- Strengths -- Caveats -- SUMMARY OF MODELING APPROACHES -- 3 Applications -- HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS IN AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS -- Flight Control -- Background -- Current Issues -- Summary -- Aircrew Workload -- Background -- Current Issues -- Summary -- Air-To-Surface Search and Targeting -- Background -- Current Issues -- Summary -- HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS IN NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS -- Background -- Current Issues.; Summary -- HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS IN MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS -- Background -- Summary -- HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS IN SUPERVISORY CONTROL -- Background -- Summary -- 4 Issues and Research Recommendations -- OVERVIEW -- SPECIFICS -- Complex/Comprehensive Human Performance Models -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Model Parameterization -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Problems With Validation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Underutilization/Inaccessibility of Human Performance Models -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Potential For Misuse Or Misunderstanding -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Mental Models to Account for Mental Aspects of Tasks -- Issues -- Recommendation -- Developing and Using Knowledge-Based Models -- Issues -- Recommendation -- Accounting For Individual Differences -- Issues -- Recommendations -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Index.