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.