PERFORMANCE CRITERIA-DIRECT OR INDIRECT
HUMAN FACTORS STUDIES OFTEN INVOLVE THE USE OF SIMULATION. SIMULATION PERMITS THE ECONOMICAL AND EASY MANIPULATION OF THE PRIMARY VARIABLES IN A GIVEN EXPERIMENTAL SITUATION. HOWEVER, A SIMULATION TECHNIQUE IS NOT REWARDING DUE TO THE INCREASINGLY APPARENT LACK OF A SATISFACTORY MEASURE OF HUMAN FATIGUE. A THEORETICAL STUDY IS REPORTED OF THE NATURE OF FATIGUE AND A MEASURE IS DEVELOPED WHICH, HOPEFULLY, WILL FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SATISFACTORY MEASURE OF FATIGUE. A REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON DIRECT AND INDIRECT PERFORMANCE MEASURES IS PRESENTED AND A CONCLUSION IS REACHED CONCERNING LIKELY SUCCESSFUL AND DESIRABLE INDIRECT MEASURES. ONE SUCH MEASURE IS RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION /AS OPPOSED TO FOCALIZATION/ OF MUSCULAR RESPONSE. A TECHNIQUE IS DESCRIBED FOR PERFORMING SUCH MEASUREMENTS AND RELATING THEM TO DIRECT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
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Authors:
- Silver, Carl A
- Publication Date: 1964
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 54-63
- Monograph Title: Driving simulation 1963
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 55
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fatigue (Physiological condition); Human factors; Measurement; Performance; Reviews; Simulation; Studies; Theory
- Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
- Old TRIS Terms: Direct cause; Indirect method; Muscular response
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219561
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 14 1994 12:00AM