Human Performance Modeling

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Examination of models of the human as an information processor and exploration of advanced theory on human cognition; situational awareness and workload responses of humans in complex tasks, description of cognitive task performance and modeling of user behavior in specific applications using task analysis and cognitive performance modeling methods, e.g., goals, operators, methods, and selection rules (GOMS), keystroke-level model (KLM), critical path method GOMS (CPM-GOMS); introduction of advanced computational approaches to human behavior modeling including executive process-interactive control (EPIC), adaptive control of thought-rational (ACT-R), and queueing network-model human processor (QN-MHP); development of computational cognitive models of human performance using different software tools (e.g., CogTool, Cogulator) to evaluate an existing interface. Prerequisite: Graduate classification; ISEN 330 or ISEN 630 or approval of instructor.