Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2014
Abstract
Adaptive automation systems allow the user to complete a task seamlessly with a computer performing tasks at which the human operator struggles. Unlike traditional systems that allocate functions to either the human or the machine, adaptive automation varies the allocation of functions during system operation. Creating these systems requires designers to consider issues not present during static system development. To assist in adaptive automation system design, this paper presents the concept of inherent tasks and takes advantage of this concept to create the function-to-task design process model. This process model helps the designer determine how to allocate functions to the human, machine, or dynamically between the two. An illustration of the process demonstrates the potential complexity within adaptive automation systems and how the process model aids in understanding this complexity during early stage design.
Source Publication
International Journal of Human Computer Studies (ISSN 1071-5819)
Recommended Citation
Bindewald, J. M., Miller, M. E., & Peterson, G. L. (2014). A function-to-task process model for adaptive automation system design. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 72(12), 822–834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2014.07.004
Comments
AFIT Scholar furnishes the draft version of this article. The published version of record appears in International Journal of Human Computer Studies as cited, and is available by subscription through the DOI link below.