| Annual Conference on Manual Control (21st): Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center and Ohio State University Held in Moffett Field, California on June 17-19, 1985 |
MAY 86 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; Richard J. Jagacinski; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION MOFFETT FIELD CA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
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 | This volume contains the proceedings of-the Twenty-First Annual Conference on Manual Control, held in Columbus, Ohio, June 17-19, 1985. It contains 29 manuscripts and 8 abstracts pertaining to Workload, Attention and Errors, Controller Evaluation, Movement Skills, Coordination and Decision Making, Display Evaluation and Human Operator Modelling and Manual Control. Human-machine interaction, Displays, Human modelling, Manual control, Decision making, Workload, Simulation, Attention. |
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| Discrete Control Modelling of Small Teams |
JUN 1981 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS
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| Three basic research directions were pursued. The first was the construction of computer aids which enable an analyst to interactively structure and specify a discrete control model. The resulting model can be used to automatically analyze a data base containing event oriented operator performance data. The second task involved providing theoretical and analytical support for the construction of a multi-level, discrete control based model of planning related activity in a ... |
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| Coordinative and Strategic Aspects of Tracking Discontinuous Inputs |
MAY 1981 |
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| Authors:
Richard J. Jagacinski; Richard A. Miller; Walter W. Johnson; Rajendra B. Nalavade; OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS
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| Two basic research projects were pursued. One project developed a finite-state model of how an individual tracker coordinates additively coupled position and velocity control sticks to capture a moving target. The model is multi-level. The top level consists of a discrete, probabilistic activity sequence generator closely related to the tracker's plan or general strategy for target capture. Lower levels of detail are more deterministic and indicate how the activities are ... |
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| Finite State Models of Manned Systems: Validation, Simplification, and Extension. |
NOV 1979 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS
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| Three basic research objectives were pursued. An assessment of the robustness and validity of previously developed discrete control models resulted in a comprehensive examination of the conceptual and methodological issues associated with validity. This work is included in the report. Work on computer assisted discrete control analysis focused primarily on the problems associated with representing continuous data in a form suitable for use by existing analysis routines. Additional work on ... |
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| Identification of Finite State Models of Human Operators. |
01 MAR 1979 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS
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| The problems of modelling a class of manned systems in which the operator or operators have available only a finite number of decision alternatives which they can use to control the system configuration and mode of operation over time are the focus of this report. An abstract system theoretic structure suitable for representing such discrete control systems is developed and the structure is used to organize the analysis of data ... |
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| A Formal Model of the Adaptive and Discrete Control Behaviors of Human Operators. |
MAY 1978 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS
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| The focus of manual control research and the methods used for modelling and theorizing about manual control task performance are briefly reviewed. It is concluded that manual control research activities have been overwhelmingly concerned with constructing human operator transfer functions for simple tracking tasks. It is also concluded that the mathematical methods used in this type of research (typically difference or differential equations and their corresponding transfer function representations) constrain ... |
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| Identification of Finite State Models of A Human Operator. |
DEC 1977 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; Ingjaldur Hannibalsson; Samuel C. McNamee; OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS
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| The abstract structure of the discrete control problem as it relates to manned systems has been refined and clarified. It has been shown that input-output data (information inputs to the operator, decision outputs from him) are representable by stochastic automata, a special type of discrete parameter, discrete state stochastic process. Further, the detailed structure of these systems has been examined and it has been shown that automata based on 1th ... |
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| Violence Control and the Selfish Urbanite. |
08 MAR 1971 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The study examines popular support for police actions during periods of urban violence and how to achieve support. The forces of law and order, police or troops, use various techniques to win this support but one powerful and basic trait of human nature is not sufficiently exploited. This trait is human selfishness or self-interest. The essay examines the significance of this trait and possible circumstances under which it can be ... |
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| The Impact of Modern Communications Technology on Political Ideas. |
11 JAN 1971 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The study examines the impact that recent advances in communications have had on political ideas. The paper examines the significant improvements in communications technology in recent years and then studies these improvements relative to four selected political ideas. The ideas selected are: equality, representative government, power politics in international relations, and Communism. From the examination it is concluded that basic political ideas have changed little but that the mechanics, significance ... |
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| H-ALPHA PLAGE CONFIGURATION AS A PREDICTOR OF LARGE FLARES. |
31 JAN 1969 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; Allan V. Trinidad; MANILA OBSERVATORY (PHILIPPINES)
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| Pre and post flare H-alpha plage configurations for 132 major flares over a period of more than two years were examined. The records of H-alpha plage configurations at the Manila Observatory showed a predisposing visual indication of major flare activity was a gradual folding and sharpening of plage streamers into a roughly gamma or lambda shape. Major flares occurred within the accuracy of position measurements at the junction of these ... |
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| THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A CONTROL DECOUPLER FOR AIR CUSHION VEHICLES. |
OCT 1966 |
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| Authors:
Richard A. Miller; Frank J. HANNIGAN; GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP GROTON CONN ELECTRIC BOAT DIV
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| For an air cushion vehicle with rudders located well behind the center of gravity, a decoupler eliminates the yaw moment created by the rudders so that the rudder force can be used to control side motion. The necessary countermoment is provided by the differential thrust of two propellers located behind the center of gravity. A theoretical study including wind tunnel tests and extensive analog computer studies indicated that a direct ... |
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