16.422 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems

Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS
1 Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems (PDF)
2 Human-Centered Systems Engineering Design Apporaches (PDF)
3 Task Analysis and Function Allocation (PDF)
4 Guest Lecture
Historical and Social Implications
5 Memory and Attention (PDF)
6 Activity
Group Presentations
7 Activity
Group Presentations (cont.)
8 Classical Decision Theory and Bayes’ Theorem (PDF)
9 Signal Detection Theory, and Information Theory (PDF - 1.5 MB)
10 Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (PDF)
11 Naturalistic Decision Making (PDF)
12 Workload and Situation Awareness (PDF - 2.0 MB)
13 Aircraft Displays and Flight Management Systems
14 Activity
Mid-Term Presentations
15 Guest Lecture
Human Error and Reliability
16 Research Methods and Experimental Design (PDF)
17 Alerting Systems (PDF - 1.1 MB) (PDF - 2.9 MB)
18 Command and Control/Air Traffic Control
19 Guest Lecture
Model-based Programming of Cooperating Explorers (PDF - 1.3 MB) (Courtesy of Brian Williams. Used with permission.)
20 The Coming Transition in Automobile Cockpits - Insights from Aerospace (PDF - 1.8 MB)
21 Guest Lecture
Telemedicine/Telerobotics
22 Guest Lecture
Medical Interface Design
23 Nuclear and Process Control Plants (PDF)
24 Social Implications (PDF)
25 Activity
Term Project Presentations
26 Activity
Term Project Presentations (cont.)