The Human Controller – Readings
Course subject(s)
01. General Introduction
02. From Perception … to Action
03. Design & Evaluation
04. Frequency Domain Analyses
05. Haptic Applications
06. Shared Control
07. General Discussion
There is no single book that covers all the topics in the Human Controller, The class is teached based on lectures, papers, and findings from the latest research. Still, there is a book that cover parts of the class.
Below, the book, papers and additional background papers can be found.
Book
Control Theory for Humans: Quantitative Approaches To Modeling Performance, Richard J. Jagacinski and John M. Flach, Taylor & Francis 2003, ISBN: 978-08-058-2293-9.
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Papers
Besides the book multiple papers are used in the course. They can be found below.
-Abbink, D.A. and Mulder, M., “Neuromuscular Analysis as a Guideline in designing Shared Control,” in Advances in Haptics, 2010, pp. 499–517
-Abbink, D. A., Boer, E. R., & Mulder, M. (2008). Motivation for continuous haptic gas pedal feedback to support car following. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (pp. 283-290). IEEE. doi:10.1109/IVS.2008.4621325
-Mulder, M., Paassen, M. and Boer, E. (2004). Exploring the roles of information in the Manual Control of Vehicular Locomotion: from kinematics and dynamics to cybrnetics. Presence 13(5) 535-548
-Mcruer, D.T. & Jex, H.R.(1967). A Review of Quasi-Linear Pilot Models. IEEE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics. 8(3) 231-249.
Additional papers
Besides the previously listed papers the students can use additional papers for consultation. They can be found below
-Breedveld, P., Sheltes, J.S., Blom, E.M. and Verheij, J.E.I.(2005). A new, easily miniaturized steerable endoscope. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 24(6) pp. 40-47
-Gibson, J. J.; Crooks, L. E. (1938). A theoretical field-analysis of automobile-driving.The American Journal of Psychology 51, pp. 453-471
-Lee, J. and Moray, N.(1992). Trust, control strategies and allocation of function in human-machine systems. Ergonomics 35(10) pp.1243-1270
-McRuer, D.T. etl al (1974). Mathematical Models of Human Pilot Behavior. AGARDograph. No. 188.
-Mulder, M. Mulder, M. and Paassen, M.M.van, et al.(2008). Haptic gas pedal feedback. Ergonomics, 51(11) pp. 1710-20
-Rasmussen, J. and Vicente, K.(1989). Coping with human errors through system design: implications for ecological interface design. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 31(5) pp. 517-534
-Helm F.C.T van der, Schouten A.C, Vlugt E de, Brouwn G.G.(2002). Identification of intrinsic and reflexive components of human arm dynamics during postural control. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 119 pp. 114.
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