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Neural network models of human operator performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. May*
Affiliation:
Centre for Defence Analysis Farnborough, UK
*
Currently at the Directorate of Science (Air), MoD, London, UK

Abstract

This paper examines the feasibility of using neural networks to represent the effects of human operators in computer models of complex man-machine systems. In the suggested approach, data from man-in-the-loop simulators are used to train the networks. The method has been tested on several typical data sets using a stand-alone prototype system, consisting of a three-layer feed-forward network with a Chemotaxis training algorithm. Successful results have been obtained, and these can be used to place constraints on the quality, quantity and type of simulator data required in future applications.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1997 

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