A model for types and levels of human interaction with automation

Synopsis

Classic model identifying four functional categories of automation — information acquisition, information analysis, decision/action selection, action implementation — each with levels from fully manual to fully automatic; performance consequences guide design.

Keywords

·automation ·levels of automation ·function allocation ·design framework ·foundational

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