Browsing HAL Reports by Author "Cummings, M.L."
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Assessing Operator Strategies for Real-time Replanning of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles
Clare, A.S.; Maere, P.C.P.; Cummings, M.L. (Intelligent Decision Technologies, 2012)Future unmanned vehicles systems will invert the operator-to-vehicle ratio so that one operator controls a decentralized network of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles. This study examines the impact of allowing an operator ... -
Auditory Decision Aiding in Supervisory Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Donmez, B.; Cummings, M.L.; Graham, H. D. (Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2009)This paper investigates the effectiveness of sonification, continuous auditory alert mapped to the state of a monitored task, in supporting unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) supervisory control. Background: UAV supervisory ... -
Boredom and Distraction in Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Supervisory Control
Cummings, M.L.; Mastracchio, C.; Thornburg, K.M.; Mkrtchyan, A. (Interacting with Computers, 2013)Operators currently controlling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles report significant boredom, and such systems will likely become more automated in the future. Similar problems are found in process control, commercial aviation, and ... -
Collaborative Exploration with a Micro Aerial Vehicle: A Novel Interaction Method for Controlling a MAV with a Hand-Held Device
Pitman, D.; Cummings, M.L. (Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2012)In order to collaboratively explore an environment with a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV), an operator needs a mobile interface, which can support the operator’s divided attention. To this end, we developed the Micro Aerial ... -
Design and Evaluation of Path Planning Decision Support for Planetary Surface Exploration
Marquez, J. J.; Cummings, M.L. (Journal of Aerospace Computing, 2008)Human intent is an integral part of real-time path planning and re-planning, thus any decision aiding system must support human-automation interaction. The appropriate balance between humans and automation for this task ... -
Field Testing of a Quad Rotor Smartphone Control System
Cummings, M.L.; Jackson, K.; Quimby, P.; Pitman, D. (International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 2012)With recent regulatory efforts to reduce restrictions placed on the operation of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) in the United States, it is likely that in the next few years, these vehicles will become commonplace in the ... -
Human-Automation Collaboration in Complex Multivariate Resource Allocation Decision Support Systems
Cummings, M.L.; Bruni, S. (International Journal of Intelligent Decision Technologies, 2010)In resource allocation problems for systems with moving planning horizons and significant uncertainty, typical of supervisory control environments, it is critical that some balance of human-automation collaboration be ... -
Human-Automation Path Planning Optimization and Decision Support
Cummings, M.L.; Marquez, J.J.; Roy, N. (International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 2011)Path planning is a problem encountered in multiple domains, including unmanned vehicle control, air traffic control, and future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. Due to the voluminous and complex nature of the ... -
The Impact of Heterogeneity on Operator Performance in Future Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Nehme, C. E.; Meckeci, B.; Crandall, J. W.; Cummings, M.L. (2008)Recent studies have shown that with appropriate operator decision support and with sufficient automation, inverting the multiple operators to single-unmanned vehicle control paradigm is possible. These studies, however, ... -
,The Impact of Human-Automation Collaboration in Decentralized Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Control
Cummings, M.L.; How, J.; Whitten, A.; Toupet, O. (Proceedings of the IEEE, 2012)For future systems that require one or a small team of operators to supervise a network of automated agents, automated planners are critical since they are faster than humans for path planning and resource allocation in ... -
The Impact of Multi-layered Data-blocks on Controller Performance
Cummings, M.L.; Tsonis, C.; Rader, A. (Air Traffic Control Quarterly, 2008)As a consequence of the push to increase National Airspace System capacity, air traffic control displays will not only have to show the increasing number of aircraft, but also all the associated data such as airspeed and ... -
Modeling Workload Impact in Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Supervisory Control
Donmez, B.D.; Nehme, C.; Cummings, M.L. (IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A Systems and Humans, 2010)Discrete event simulations for futuristic unmanned vehicle (UV) systems enable a cost and time effective methodology for evaluating various autonomy and human automation design parameters. Operator mental workload is an ... -
Operator Choice Modeling for UAV Visual Search Tasks
Bertuccelli, L.F.; Cummings, M.L. (IEEE Transactions, 2012-09)Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide unprecedented access to imagery of possible ground targets of interest in real time. The availability of this imagery is expected to increase with envisaged future missions of one ... -
Operator Objective Function Guidance for a Real-time Unmanned Vehicle Scheduling Algorithm
Clare, A.S.; Cummings, M.L.; How, J.; Whitten, A.; Toupet, O. (AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, 2012-12)Advances in autonomy have made it possible to invert the typical operator-to-unmanned-vehicle ratio so that asingle operator can now control multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles. Algorithms used in unmanned-vehicle ... -
Past, Present And Future Implications Of Human Supervisory Control In Space Missions
Sim, L.; Cummings, M.L.; Smith, C. A. (Acta Astronautica, 2008)Achieving the United States’ Vision for future Space Exploration will necessitate far greater collaboration between humans and automated technology than previous space initiatives. However, the development of methodologies ... -
Paying Attention to the Man behind the Curtain
Cummings, M.L.; Thornburg, K. M. (IEEE, 2011-03)In the push to develop smart energy systems, designers have increasingly focused on systems that measure and predict user behavior to effect optimal energy consumption. While such focus is an important component in these ... -
Predicting Controller Capacity in Remote Supervision of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles
Cummings, M.L.; Mitchell, P. J. (IEEE, 2008)In the future vision of allowing a single operator to remotely control multiple unmanned vehicles, it is not well understood what cognitive constraints limit how many vehicles and related tasks a single operator can manage. ... -
Predictive models of human supervisory control behavioral patterns using hidden semi-Markov models
Boussemart, Y.; Cummings, M.L. (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2011)Behavioral models of human operators engaged in complex,time-critical high-risk domains, such as those typical in Human Supervisory Control (HSC) settings, are of great value because of the high cost of operator failure. ... -
The Role of Human-Automation Consensus in Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Scheduling
Cummings, M.L.; Clare, A.; Hart, C. (The Role of Human-Automation Consensus in Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Scheduling, 2010)Objective: This study examined the impact of increasing automation replanning rates on operator performance and workload when supervising a decentralized network of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles. Background: Futuristic ... -
Shared Authority Concerns in Automated Driving Applications
Cummings, M.L.; Ryan, J.C. (2014-05-13)Given the move toward driverless cars, which includes the more short-term goal of driving assistance, what the appropriate shared authority and interaction paradigms should be between human drivers and the automation remains ...