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SYSE-814 Human Supervisory Control
Campus
RCMS
Programs
PG
Session
Spring Semester 2017
Course Title
Human Supervisory Control
Course Code
SYSE-814
Credit Hours
3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives
This course is designed to examine the fundamental issues of human supervisory control, wherein human interact with complex dynamic systems, mediated through various levels of automation. Several case studies will be presented from a variety of domains as illustrations.
Detail Content
Introductory concepts
Principles for Design of Human-Centered Automation
Function Allocation and Task Analysis
Classical Decision Theory and Bayes Theorem
Information and Signal Detection Theory
Judgement Under Uncertainity: Heuristics and Biases
Naturalistic Decision Making
Experimental Design for Human Supervisory Control
Workload and Situation Awareness.
Alerting Systems
Human & Automation Integration: Considerations for UAV Systems
Future Automobile Decision Support Systems
Nuclear and Process Control Plants
Social Implications
Text/Ref Books
Sheridan, T. B., Telerobotics, Automation, and Human Supervisory Control. MIT Press, MA, USA, 1992
Sheridan, T. B., Human Factors in Process Control. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 1997.
Several handouts and research articles.
Time Schedule
Spring Semester 2017
Faculty/Resource Person
Dr Adnan Maqsood
PhD (Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore)
Discipline: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Specialization: Aerodynamics/Flight Mechanics & Control/Human Factors