Presentation
Human-Integrated System Simulation Analysis “in the Wild”
DescriptionSystems engineers often use model-based simulations to estimate performance measures and compare designs before building expensive physical prototypes. One common limitation, however, is that the simulation models exclude human operators. Human factors practitioners have developed model-based approaches that address this limitation, but they typically employ languages, tools, and modeling techniques that engineers cannot easily adopt in real-world settings (i.e., "in the wild"), where preexisting models and policies complicate human-model integration. To ease adoption, we propose a novel, lightweight approach that enables engineers to take a working system model, add minimal human-model infrastructure, and run whole-system simulations that estimate operator-workload and task-duration estimates in parallel with preexisting, technology-performance measures. We accomplish this by employing a widely utilized engineering language (SysML) and tool (Cameo Systems Modeler) and imposing no requirements on preexisting models. We demonstrate the approach using a simple model of a space telescope system.
Contributors
Chief Engineer
Director, Human-Autonomy Integration | Chief Scientist
Event Type
Lecture
TimeTuesday, September 10th10:25am - 10:45am MST
LocationFLW Salon B
Human Performance Modeling