| Human Performance Reliability in Command and Control Systems: The Naval Tactical Data System. |
FEB 1972 |
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| Authors:
william harris; Gerald L. Moe; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH INC GOLETA CALIF
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 | The study of human performance reliability in any real-life situation must meet at least one basic requirement: the existence of operational performance data. If performance data are not taken from operational situations, it may matter little that one has a scheme to model performance reliability. The techniques and tools are available to construct human reliability models; how useful a given model will be in predicting human performance in a given ... |
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| Intraship Wire-Free and Visual Communications for Underway Replenishment Operations. |
14 DEC 1970 |
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| Authors:
F. G. Henry; J. C. Webster; NAVAL ELECTRONICS LAB CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Experimental wire-free voice and visual communication systems were installed on three SERVPAC Combat Stores Ships. Follow-up studies were made on the human engineering, maintainability, and reliability features of the systems. On the basis of measurements and user comments, criteria were developed for commerical transceivers and CCTV to supplement standard fixed-wire IC during CONREP/VERTREP operations. The report summarizes four years of investigation and experimental trials with references to a series of ... |
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| Human Factors Engineering. |
28 JUL 1970 |
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| Authors:
ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The Army Service Test Procedure describes test methods and techniques for evaluating the human factors characteristics of missile or rocket systems (or components thereof) during service testing, and for determining their suitability, for service use by the U. S. Army. (Author) |
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| Proceedings of the Human Factors Testing Conference 1-2 October 1968. |
OCT 1969 |
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| Authors:
Melvin T. Snyder; J. Peter Kincaid; Kenneth W. Potempa; AIR FORCE HUMAN RESOURCES LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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| A catalog of Human-Factors Techniques for Testing New Systems. |
FEB 1969 |
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| Authors:
Kenneth W. Potempa; AIR FORCE HUMAN RESOURCES LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
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| This report contains 16 human-factors testing techniques contributed by a number of Air Force and contractor personnel. While limited in number, it covers a broad segment of the human-factors testing spectrum. For example, the techniques presented range from those used during the design and fabrication through those used in field and operational system testing. This catalog was developed as a prototype to determine its usefulness to human-factors ... |
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| SOME PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN OF DECISION SYSTEMS: A REVIEW OF THE FINAL PHASE OF RESEARCH ON A COMMAND-CONTROL SYSTEM SIMULATION. |
NOV 1968 |
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| Authors:
William C. Howell; Charles F. Gettys; OHIO STATE UNIV COLUMBUS HUMAN PERFORMANCE CENTER
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| The chief objective of the present research was to anticipate a number of issues which would arise if an automated aid to decision making were actually implemented. Questions asked included: (1) What happens to system performance if probabilistic information is reduced to an all-or-none form at some point in processing. (2) Can a hierarchical (specialist-nonspecialist) system use limited resources effectively to gather predictive data. (3) Can a system in which ... |
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| DEVELOPMENT OF FULLY PROCEDURALIZED TROUBLE-SHOOTING ROUTINES. |
NOV 1967 |
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| Authors:
Thomas K. Elliott; APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES INC VALENCIA PA
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| Several studies over the past decade have shown that proceduralized troubleshooting can produce acceptable or better performance of this complex maintenance task while permitting substantial reduction in the costly training typically associated with its accomplishment. The term 'proceduralized troubleshooting' is usually applied when the decision about where the system the technician is to check next, based on the results of previous checks, is made by a performance aid which directs ... |
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| ANNUAL ARMY HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (13TH), HELD AT THE U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CENTER AND SCHOOL, FORT MONMOUTH, N. J., 25-27 OCTOBER 1967. |
OCT 1967 |
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| Authors:
OFFICE CHIEF OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC
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| The purposes of the conference were: (1) To provide direct exchange of information on human factors research and development among personnel of U.S. Army development agencies and between these and representatives of user agencies and other qualified individuals. (2) To provide recommendations and suggestions to be followed up by the U.S. Army Human Factors Research and Development Committee to assure exploitation of all opportunities for improving the effectiveness of the ... |
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| INTERFACES BETWEEN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH, |
MAR 1967 |
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| Authors:
Eugene A. Cogan; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV ALEXANDRIA VA HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE
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| The point of departure for the paper was a rather recent administrative realignment putting Human Factors and Operations Research in the same division of the Army Research Office. The theme has been that the two disciplines have more than an administrative framework in common. Human Factors researchers can benefit considerably from increased knowledge of Operations Research, and Operations Research can benefit from increased sophistication and interest in Human Factors areas. ... |
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| HUMAN FACTORS ASPECTS OF THE QM-EQUIPPED SOLDIER IN JUNGLE OPERATIONS: AN OPERATIONAL APPROACH. |
MAY 1966 |
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| Authors:
Joseph T. TAMBE; George E. Stembridge; ARMY NATICK LABS MASS PIONEERING RESEARCH DIV
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| The study explores human factors problems associated with jungle operations by means of field observations made during tactical exercises conducted at the Jungle Warfare Training Center. The operational and physical environments, required soldier tasks and activities, and the equipment used are described. The major problems discussed concern combat load, heat, mobility, and certain features of rations. (Author) |
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| HUMAN ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO AIR FORCE FLIGHT CONTROL AND FLIGHT DISPLAY INTEGRATION PROGRAM. |
MAR 1966 |
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| Authors:
Gerald F. Rabideau; Clarence A. Semple; BUNKER-RAMO CORP CANOGA PARK CALIF
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| The Bunker-Ramo program of human engineering tasks may be characterized as broad in scope and covering a diverse collection of control-display problems. Technical activities included consultation, participation as members of control-display system teams, reviews and analyses of specific control-display problem literature, development and study of methodological problems, experimentation and development of human engineering methods, and evaluation of controls and displays. The objectives of the individual tasks and their nature are ... |
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| A Review of Some Human Factor Considerations in the BQR-7 DIMUS (Digital Pre-Formed Beam) Development. |
FEB 1966 |
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| Authors:
Walter R. Harper; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH INC SANTA BARBARA CALIF
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| Selected aspects of the BQR-7 DIMUS development were reviewed which involve the interaction between the sonarman and the proposed DIMUS equipment. Three volumes produced by the DIMUS contractor were reviewed with the objective of comparing DIMUS with the existing BQR-7 system including details of equipment design, displays, controls, and maintenance philosophies. The theoretical contribution that the DIMUS would make to the performance of the BQQ-2 system was examined. The review ... |
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| METHODS AND WORK MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES (CHAPTER 6). SECTION D - SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, |
1966 |
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| Authors:
Robert G. Provost; ARMY MISSILE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL
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| Contents: Systems Analysis; Systems Analysis Procedures Training Guide; and Top Management Chart (TOMAC) Charting Instructions. |
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| CONTROL-CAB DESIGN FOR ML-1A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: HUMAN ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS. |
OCT 1965 |
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| Authors:
B. Lawrence Sova Jr; HUMAN ENGINEERING LABS ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The report summarized the human engineering considerations in the preliminary detailed design of the ML-1A control cab. It discusses the pros and cons of alternate designs for the cab interior and the cab sub-system, with conclusions. (Author) |
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| HUMAN PERFORMANCE DURING A SIMULATED APOLLO MID-COURSE NAVIGATION SIGHTING. |
JUN 1964 |
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| Authors:
Charles M. Duke Jr.; Michael S. jones; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENTATION LAB
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| This is an investigation into the effects of certain variables on the performance of man doing a precise superposition task. This simulates the task that the Project Apollo navigator will be required to perform during the mid-course (translunar and transearth) phases of the proposed lunar excursion. For this investigation, the Apollo Sextant Simulator was used. The variables were (1) Rate of spacecraft motion, (2) Magnification of sextant telescope, (3) Orientation ... |
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| CONTACT ANALOG SIMULATOR EVALUATIONS: CLIMBOUT, LOW CRUISE AND DESCENT MANEUVERS. |
MAY 1964 |
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| Authors:
J. H. Emery; D. J. Dougherty; BELL HELICOPTER CO FORT WORTH TEX
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| The study was designed to evaluate the contact analog vertical display which is an electronically generated encoded representation of the real world capable of presenting sensed information for altitude, airspeed, heading, pitch and roll. Encoded ground position and flight path symbols are also capable of being generated. Pilot subjects performed simulated helicopter flight maneuvers which included lift-off, climbout, cruise and approach. The study was conducted in the Bell Helicopter Company ... |
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| VIGILANCE: A GUIDE TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, |
OCT 1963 |
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| Authors:
Bruce O. Bergum; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV ALEXANDRIA VA HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE
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| A DESCRIPTION OF SNAP PROGRAMMING, |
MAY 1963 |
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| Authors:
Edgar L. Shriver; Robert C. Trexler; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV ALEXANDRIA VA HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE
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| The purpose of this report is to describe a type of programming which has been given the name 'SNAP Programming.' It is designed as a simple way of producing programmed materials (under certain conditions) rather than as a method for producing more refined programs. The conditions for which SNAP programming was originally developed are described. The reader is left to determine for himself how this type of programming will work ... |
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| PRELIMINARY LAYOUT OF CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS ON THE APA-56 PRODUCTION CONSOLE. |
APR 1952 |
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| Authors:
William Smorczewski; NEW YORK UNIV N Y
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| The purpose of the report is to present the results of a study to determine the optimal layout of the controls and displays of the AN/APA-56 console to conform as much as possible with human engineering principles. The APA-56 consoles are the main components of the airborne Combat Information Center in the WV-2. The air control officer (ACO) using the console obtains the radar information which permits him to carry ... |
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| SUPPLEMENT TO MODIFICATION OF THE CONTROLS OF THE IP-48/APA-56 RANGE-AZIMUTH INDICATOR. |
JAN 1951 |
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| Authors:
Joseph G. Adiletta; Robert L. Chapman; NEW YORK UNIV N Y
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| The report discusses the acceptance of certain compromises in the APA-56 recommendations. |
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