Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Application of the human-machine interaction model to Multiple Attribute Task Battery (MATB): Task component interaction and the strategy paradigm

Walters, Craig M.

Abstract Details

2012, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Biomedical Engineering.
The Multiple-Attribute Task Battery (MATB) is composed of four simultaneously running components to which a human operator responds. A prior report has quantified information content as a machine input baud rate using the Hick-Hyman and Fitt's Laws for three of the four components and defines a strategy function. This report covers methods to quantify information content of the fourth component, creating a single metric which describes overall task complexity and evaluates human performance and strategy. Six MATB task-scenarios (combinations of two, three, or all four MATB components) each at two input baud rates are evaluated. Subjects were also provided with a chart that shows information weighting of each MATB component. Results show a change in strategy paradigm between medium input baud rate and high input baud rate for the six task-scenarios collectively. This likely occurs because subjects only refer to the component weighting chart for strategy formulation when performing more challenging task-scenarios. Advancements made with this thesis give a better understanding of how humans process information during multitasking, provide a simpler and more effective metric for analyzing MATB human performance, and create a foundation for further model development.
Chandler Phillips, MD (Advisor)
David Reynolds, PhD (Committee Member)
Richard A. McKinley, PhD (Committee Member)
95 p.

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Walters, C. M. (2012). Application of the human-machine interaction model to Multiple Attribute Task Battery (MATB): Task component interaction and the strategy paradigm [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1347636464

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Walters, Craig. Application of the human-machine interaction model to Multiple Attribute Task Battery (MATB): Task component interaction and the strategy paradigm. 2012. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1347636464.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Walters, Craig. "Application of the human-machine interaction model to Multiple Attribute Task Battery (MATB): Task component interaction and the strategy paradigm." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1347636464

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)