Richard W. Pew

Information Processing Models and Computer Aids for Human Performance. Task 2. Human-Computer Interaction Models. (2005)

Grignetti,Mario C., Miller,Duncan C., Nickerson,Raymond S., Pew,Richard W.

A measuring system was implemented to obtain the statistical parameters necessary to specify a queueing theory model of the dynamic behavior of a state-of-the-art time-shared computer system, and...

Critical Review and Analysis of Performance Models Applicable to Man-Machine Systems Evaluation. (2002)

Pew,Richard W., Feehrer,Carl E., Baron,Sheldon, Miller,Duncan C.

This report focuses on the review of potentially relevant models and on the identification of issues in model development and application that may have an important impact on models for large-scale,...

Report of Studies Performed in Support of Lincoln Laboratory Program in Secure Voice Conferencing. (2002)

Feehrer,Carl E., Miller,Duncan C., Weene,Paul L., Pew,Richard W.

This report covers the first phase of a project concerned with human factors in teleconferencing conducted by BBN under a consulting arrangement with Lincoln Laboratory. Approximately one-half of the...

Development of Human Performance Models for Man-Machine System Simulation. (2002)

Miller,Duncan C., Muralidharan,Ramal, Baron,Sheldon, Feehrer,Carl E., Pew,Richard W.

This report contains discussions and program flow charts pertinent to bottom-up and top-down models developed by BBN to predict the performance of RPV controllers. Included are brief discussions of...

Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Manual Control (8th) Held at Ann Arbor, Mich., 17-19 May 1972 (2002)

Pew, Richard W.

The volume presents recent developments in the field of manual control theory and applications. The papers give analytical methods as well as examples of the important interplay between man and...

Research Needs for Human Factors (2002)

Pew, Richard W., Anderson, Nancy S., Chapanis, Alphonse, Fischhoff, Baruch, Goldstein, Irwin L.

This report describes basic research needed to improve the scientific basis of applied human factors work. Six topical areas are covered; human decision making; eliciting information from experts;...

Information Processing Models and Computer Aids for Human Performance. Task 2. Human-Computer Interaction Models. (1998)

Grignetti,Mario C., Miller,Duncan C., Nickerson,Raymond S., Pew,Richard W.

A measuring system was implemented to obtain the statistical parameters necessary to specify a queueing theory model of the dynamic behavior of a state-of-the-art time-shared computer system; results...

ARI V(INT)2 Soldier Machine Interface Demonstrator: Results of Experimentation on SIMNET-D, . (1998)

Pew, Richard W., Donahey, Robert J., Huggins, A. W., Sidorsky, Raymond C.

This report presents some of the ways that applied expert system technology can be used to reduce the tremendous cognitive burden on combat commanders in the data-rich, highly stressful battlefield...

An Intelligent Tool for the Design of Presentations: A System Identification Study. (1998)

Papazian, Bruce, Roberts, R. B., Redick, Donald J., Tani, Daniel M., Pew, Richard W.

This report summarizes a study to identify the appropriate role of knowledge based technology in the design of user-computer interfaces and to assess the suitability of the published human factors...

Strategic Workload and the Cognitive Management of Advanced Multi-Task Systems. (1998)

Adams, Marilyn J., Tenney, Yvette J., Pew, Richard W.

Improved technology and automation are being advocated as the solution to problems of lagging productivity and human error. However, the very technology that is sought to improve productivity and...

Use of Virtual Environment Training Technology for Individual Combat Simulation. (1998)

Levison, William H., Pew, Richard W.

For this research, 25 tasks and functions for dismounted soldiers were derived from Army training documents. Ten types of virtual environment technology were identified: visual display, visual...

Human Error Mitigation in Future Operations Control Centers (1998)

Ahlstrom, Vicki, MacMillan, Jean, Tenney, Yvette J., Pew, Richard W., Cranston, Robert L.

This report documents a human error mitigation study conducted at the William J. Hughes Technical Center Research Development & Human Factors Laboratory. The study examined potential causes of human...

Gateway: Volume 5, Number 1 (1998)

Pew, Richard W., Klein, Gary, Alicandri, Elizabeth, Randle, J. D.

This issue contains articles on the following subjects: (1) Situation Awareness: The Buzzword of the '90s; (2) Naturalistic Decision Making: Implications for Design; (3) Human Factors program for...

Agent-Based Modeling and Behavior Representation (AMBR) (1998)

Deutsch, Stephen, Pew, Richard W., Tenney, Yvette J., Diller, David E., Godfrey, Katherine, Spector, Sandra, ...

This report documents accomplishments and lessons learned in a multi-year project to examine the ability of a range of integrative cognitive modeling architectures to predict human behavior in a...

Operability Assessment System (OASYS). (1997)

Briscoe, Howard, MacMillan, Jean, Ferguson, William, Pew, Richard W.

This document is the final report of the Operability Assessment system (OASYS) contract. The primary goals of the OASYS project were: (1) to develop a methodology for design, valuation, and...

Levels of analysis in motor control (1974)

Pew, Richard W.

The analysis of skilled performance must proceed at many levels. As illustrated in the two experiments presented here, what we observe in human skilled behavior is the rich intermingling of these...

The importance of age effects on performance in the assessment of clinical trials (1973)

Potvin, A. R., Tourtellotte, Wallace W., Pew, Richard W., Albers, James W., Henderson, W. G., Snyder, D. N.

Forty young adult normal subjects, 10 Parkinson's disease patients and their 10 matched normal subjects, and 10 multiple sclerosis patients and their 10 matched normal subjects were evaluated in the...

The speed-accuracy operating characteristic (1969)

Pew, Richard W.

An analysis of the relationship between speed and accuracy of performance under a wide variety of task conditions reveals a linear relationship between log odds in favor of a correct response and...