Print Email Facebook Twitter Effects of Preview Time in Manual Tracking Tasks Title Effects of Preview Time in Manual Tracking Tasks Author van der El, Kasper (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Padmos, S. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Pool, D.M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) van Paassen, M.M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Mulder, Max (TU Delft Control & Operations) Department Control & Operations Date 2018 Abstract In manual control tasks, preview of the target trajectory ahead is often limited by poor lighting, objects, or display edges. This paper investigates the effects of limited preview, or preview time, in manual tracking tasks with single- and double-integrator controlled element dynamics. A quasi-linear human controller model is used to predict the human behavior adaptations offline, by finding the model parameters that yield optimal performance at each preview time. These predictions are then verified by fitting the same model to measurements from a human-in-the-loop experiment, where subjects performed a tracking task with eight different preview time settings between 0 and 2 s. Results show that the tracking performance improves and the model’s “look-ahead” time parameters increase with increasing preview time. Beyond a certain preview time, approximately 0.6 s and 1.15 s in single- and double-integrator tasks, respectively, additional preview evokes no further adaptations. The offline model predictions closely match the experimental results, which thereby promises to facilitate similar quantitative insights in other tasks with restricted preview. Subject Adaptation modelsData modelsManual controlManualsmodelingparameter estimationPredictive modelspreview timesystem identificationTarget trackingTask analysisTrajectory To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:81480599-be45-4bd2-ab41-3a14a559e7ca DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2018.2834871 ISSN 2168-2291 Source IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 48 (5), 486 - 495 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 Kasper van der El, S. Padmos, D.M. Pool, M.M. van Paassen, Max Mulder Files PDF ieee_hms_opt_preview_time.pdf 466.79 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:81480599-be45-4bd2-ab41-3a14a559e7ca/datastream/OBJ/view