Integrated Operator-Plant Process Modeling and Decision Support for Allocation of Function

Schryver, Jack C.; Knee, H.E.

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“…The primary concern is often the information processing and control functions in complex systems. These models include: HEFAM [25], FAST [26], SAINT [27], CAFES [28], HOS [29], INTTEROPS [30], and SYSSIM [31]. Price et al [22] provide an extensive review of a number of these models.…”

Section: Systems Approach To Function Allocationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human‐Machine Function Allocation in Manufacturing Systems: A Review

Johnson

Offodile

1991

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. IntroductionWithin both industrial and military/aerospace environments, the systemsdevelopment process has increasingly involved decisions as to what the human should do and what should be done by machines. Fifty years ago, most tasks were manual, some involved mechanical assistance (mechanised), and relatively few could be referred to as totally automated. Since that time there has been an increasing emphasis on utilising the improved capabilities of machines to assist and/or replace humans. In general, as technology has increased the capability of machines, functions that were previously performed by humans have been transferred to machines. This is often the result of a decision process that simply asks whether the machine is capable of performing the task, rather than whether the machine can perform the task better (e.g. more costeffectively) than a human. The objective of the work reported was to investigate the current methods of allocating functions to humans and/or machines and to propose methods that can improve the effectiveness of that process.Both research and development efforts have been performed during the last half-century on man-machine interfaces and function allocation in the design of military and aerospace systems [1][2][3][4][5]. There has also been work in the context of air traffic control[6,7] and nuclear power-plant operations [8]. The obvious catalyst for much of the increase in machine capability has been provided by the increased capabilities of computers. The advances in sensors, processing capability, and control systems have significantly changed the basic use of humans in modern systems. In many systems today, humans are extensively involved in what has been referred to as supervisory control, which is the activity involved in initiating, monitoring, and adjusting processes that are otherwise automatically controlled [9].This research was concerned with the role of humans in manufacturing operations. Within the last ten years there has been an explosion of interest, illustrated in both the popular and the technical literature, on the use of robotics in manufacturing operations. Part of this attention has resulted from the relative trade positions of th...

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Section: Systems Approach To Function Allocationmentioning

confidence: 99%