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A OUFUEIhC YODEL OF PILOT DECISIOW WAKI'IG IW A CULTI-TASK FLIGHT ~NACFYENT SITUATIOS* R. S. Valden and W. 9. Rouse All~catLon of deciston ma kin^ responsihilitv between p i l o t and computer is consi4ered and a flivht mana~ement task, desipned for the study of pilat-computer interaction, is discusted. L queueinn theory wodel of oilot decision makinp in this multi-task, control and monitorinp situatiln i s oresented. Ln experimental investi aation of pilot decision %skinu and the resultinp model paraneters are discusqed. IWTRODUCTIOW Automation has found increasinp use in aircraft, not ocly with respect to mechanical systrms, hut with respect to johs normally thought of as belonlina to the airplane pilot. As airplane ncmbers increase and navipation becomes %ore complex, the trend will certainly continue. Wempt 111 N N suenests that nn advanced automated navieation system will becorn- necessary in the future, because the reouired control perform~nce will exceed humw capability. Yowever. he presents two rtascns why con letel automatic control of aircraft is unlikclv in t h e d k d r e : a machine required to replace a pilot would be quite costly; furthermore. machines do not adapt well to unanticipated events. Control of aircraft thus will be the task of a aan-machine system. With the recent rapid exoansion of diuital technolo~y (especially micrnarocessors), t h r words -man-machine" and wnan-computer~ have htcore practicallv synorymous. The computer can have several roles i n aq airborne man-computer systm. Special-ourpose processors can be dedicated to such thinps as autopilot and naviuation aids, displav3, communication syste :s, or subsystem monitorinp; i n such applications, the csmputers would serve merely as d i ~ i t a l controliers of the various devices. The pilot's workload would thus be reduced as the computrrs handle much o f the low-level information proce:fsinp. Or, to po a step further, the comauter could have a more neneral role. Thr comc~lter mipht have i n ~ c ~ t s from a varietv or aircraft devices and subsystems. and increased control capahilitits as well. The computer would then b r expected to initiate actionl of i t s own (i.e., make This research was supported by the naticnal Aeronautics and Space Administration under NASA - 4mts prant MSG-2119. decisions), based on the inauts it rrceives. The pilot's workload would be reduced at a higher level, by the computer sharing i n decision-making tasks. It is t5is latter concept of the role of thc computer i n airborne svstens which i s the concern of the research dercribed herein. A computrr with significant decision-aaklnu responsibilities in the flivht-aana~eaent task can create p o t e ~ t i a l problems, however. One of the most crucial oroblems is that of ailocation of decision-makine responsibility betvren pilot and computer [21. hllocation can either be static (situ~ation-independent), or dynamic (situation-dependent). Consider first a systwm i n which allocation of responsibilities is static. There it a pre-defined, non-overlappina set of responsibi?lties for each decision-maker (mar and computer). Such a svstem has one desirable feature i n that no confusion i s possible over who should perform a given task. However. there are several serious drawbacks to the static allocation of responsibilitv. These i n c l u ~ e : 1. Poor utilization of system resources due to tach decision maker being prohibited rom performtn~ the other decision maker's tasks, even when one decision maker i s overloaded and one Is idle. 2. Difficulty for the pilot when unforeseen circwstancrs force him to take over tasks for which he normally has no responsibility. - 3. Possible p i l o t resentment at not being allowed to perform certain tasks, especially wken he has nothin@ else to do. For the above reasons, a dynamic allocation of responsibility might be %ore appropriete. Simula'ion studies of this alternative by Rouse C31 support . Is conclusion. Succinctly, the idea is that the server who . , most able, i n a Riven situation, w i l l assume responsibility for a task. Dynamic allocation of responsibility is not without its drawbacks, however. The most Important problem t o bt solved i s that o f communication between p i l o t and computer. This i s necessary to avoid conflicts which occur when the two decision makers act fndependently. resultina In deuraded performance. (Rouse [33 presents simulation results that illustrate this effect). A possible solution to this problem i s to *~se the computer 8s a hackup for the pilot. to be turned on when the pilot's workload becones too Ereat and/or his performance degrades. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19790009326 2020-01-27T19:35:43+00:00Z

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lts

of

pu

rsu

ing

th

is

firs

t s

tep

in

th

e

co

nte

xt

of

flia

ht

mana#em

ent.

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ex

pe

rim

en

tal

sit

ua

tio

n

rhic

h

was

d

rve

lop

ed

to

stu

dy

p

ilo

t p

err

orn

an

ce

in

sin

ula

tefl

fli

eh

t c

on

dit

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s i

s

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N

de

sc

rib

ed

. A

lte

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tiv

e

mo

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t d

es

cri

be

p

ilo

t d

cc

isic

n

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aa

kln

fi

in

th

is

flip

ht

na

np

pe

ne

nt

sit

ua

tim

a

re

pre

se

nte

d.

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all

y,

an

ex

pe

rim

en

t i

s

dis

tus

se

d

whose

p

urp

os

e

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in

ve

sti

(ta

ti0

n o

C

the

s

uit

ab

ilit

y o

f th

e

alt

ern

ati

ve

mo

de

ls.

THE

TASK

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pilo

t is

pre

se

nte

d

wit

h

a

sim

ula

ted

a

irp

lan

e

ins

tru

me

nt

pa

ne

l,

dra

wn

o

n

a

CRT

(se

e

Fi~

ur

e I)

. T

he

dis

pla

y

inc

lud

es

s

tan

da

rd

air

cra

ft

ins

tru

me

nts

, su

ch

a

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ar

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l h

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ime

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air

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d

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m

ap

wh

ich

in

dic

ate

s

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c

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th

e

air

pla

ne

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s

to

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a

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su

pe

rim

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se

d

on

th

e

na

p.

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tes

th

e

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ne

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ac

tua

l p

os

itio

n.

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ma

ll

cir

cle

m

ow

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alo

n~

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m

apped

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at

a

co

ns

tan

t sp

ee

d

of

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n

lsl

an

d

ind

ica

tes

th

e p

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itio

n t

he

a

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rs

ft s

ho

uld

h

ave

fo

r it t

o h

e

on

c

ou

rse

and

sc

he

du

le.

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ar

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lo

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da

~' o

f t

he

dis

pla

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se

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ls a

re s

how

n.

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str

ac

tly

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rs

for

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ch

th

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as

fue

l,

ele

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l,

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hy

dra

uli

c

su

bsyste

ms.

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ga

ua

r p

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ters

m

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wit

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ao

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tlv

ra

nd

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n

oti

on

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ne

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d

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s9

inp

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au

ss

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w

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e

no

ise

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an

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se

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nd

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mp

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-da

ta

filt

er

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r p

ila

t c

on

tro

ls

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ein

~ 70

7

air

cra

ft

dyn

am

ics

as

dis

cc

as

ed

b

y

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loc

k f5).

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e a

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itc

h

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ll

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am

ics

wit

h

a

joy

sti

ck

. a

no

the

r c

on

tro

l s

tlc

k

co

ntr

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th

c

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sp

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oil

otN

s t

as

k

is

to

f

ly

the

a

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lan

e

alo

n~

the

sa

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ed

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ute

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ain

tain

ing

a

ril

ed

alt

itu

de

a

nd

s

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pit

ch

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d

ro

ll a

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e.

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pp

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d

to k

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w

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apped

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ss

ible

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hil

e h

old

in*

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a

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a.)

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ltit

ud

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ad

dit

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to

fly

ing

th

+ a

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lan

e,

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ilo

t n

on

ito

rs

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su

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dic

ato

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or

po

ss

ible

ev

en

ts.

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e

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hen

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r s

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% 9

in

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ure

1.

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hen

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ilo

t th

ink

s

an

e

ve

nt

ha

s

oc

cu

rre

d,

he

e

nte

rs

the

c

orr

es

po

nd

ing

num

ber

on

th

e

ke

yb

oa

rd.

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f

mo

re

tha

n

uric

ev

en

t h

as

oc

cu

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d,

the

p

ilo

t ch

oo

se

s

the

h

igh

er-

pri

ori

ty,

or

low

er

su

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m

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nt.

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d

isp

l8y

s

hw

n

in

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re 2

th

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a

pp

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this

ne

w

dis

pla

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the

s

ub

sy

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e

dia

ls

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ve

b

ee

n

rep

lac

ed

w

ith

tw

o

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lab

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o

the

r lr

5e

lle

d

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AT

E'.

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is

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sp

on

ds

to

th

r

fir

st

lev

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lis

t a

ss

oc

iate

d w

ith

th

e s

ub

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ste

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hic

h u

as

se

lec

ted

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ks

to

r a

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ran

ch

w

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an

d

en

ters

th

e

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ber

on

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ke

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t fo

r th

at

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nc

h

co

nti

nu

es

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e

ne

xt

checklist

lev

el

is

d

isp

lay

ed

. Y

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nd

o

f

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c

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t i

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su

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m

ind

ica

tors

re

ap

pe

ar,

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ith

th

e

su

bsyste

m

ind

ica

tor

mo

tio

n re

sto

red

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a

cti

on

s a

imla

te

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t p

roc

ed

ure

s

a

pil

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th

rou

Rh

w

he

n

pe

rfo

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sk

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n a

re

al

air

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ft.

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ap

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for

the

e

xp

eri

me

nts

, th

e

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ula

tio

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so

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are

~

st

d

to

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du

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ta

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d

es

cri

pti

on

5

f t

ht

air

cra

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yn

am

ics,

an

d

an

ex

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tio

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s

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sy

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ula

tio

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ald

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e h

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c,

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ter

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on

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su

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m

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ah

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as

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at

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e

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pe

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nce

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th

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f th

e m

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is

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pre

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t th

e

su

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as

k

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nce

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ea

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red

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te

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f m

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and

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sk

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ters

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n,

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ap

pro

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map

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xo

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low

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LTS

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se

ccn

d

refi

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me

nt

of

the

m

od

el

(re

fcrr

ca

to

a

s

Mo

de

l 2)

att

em

pts

to

a

cc

ou

nt

for

the

in

pa

ct

of

the

c

on

tro

l ta

sk

3n

ta

t

su

bsyste

m

tas

k

pe

rfo

rmm

ce

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his

i

s done

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us

in6

a

hl~

he

r eff

ec

tiv

e a

rriv

al

ra

te f

or

su

bs

ys

ten

ev

en

ts:

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=

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tu

al

+ A+

wh

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AX

i

s t

he

n

crc

as

e C

n

arr

iva

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te

ne

ed

ed

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m

atc

h

em

pir

ica

l su

ksyste

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ve

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wa

itin

g ti

me

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co

ntr

ol

tas

k

is

thu

s in

co

rpo

rate

d

into

th

e m

onitor

in^

po

rtio

n ~

f th

e ta

sk

as

inrr

ea

se

d e

ve

nt

arriv

als

in

th

e

su

bsyste

m q

ue

ue

s.

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ing

th

e

sam

e s

imu

lati

on

p

rog

ram

as

b

efo

re,

su

bsyste

m

ev

en

t a

rriv

al

rate

w

as

va

cie

d

un

ti'

the

m

ean

wa

itin

a

tis

es

p

red

icte

d

by

the

s

iau

lati

cn

m

atc

ieo

th

e

ex

pe

rim

en

tall

y

ohse

rver2

w

ait

ire

ti

me

s.

ft:i

s m

od

el

pro

vid

es

a R

ood ~

re

dic

txo

n of

the

wa

itin

g

tin

e

dis

trib

uti

on

s

for

ind

ivid

ua

l su

bsyste

ms

(se

e

RE

SUl

S).

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ow

eve

r.

in t

erw

c oC

the

p

hy

sic

al

sv

ste

n,

the

AX p

nra

.ete

r is

ad

nit

tcd

ly u

na

oo

ea

lin

a

Yit

h

the

th

ird

re

~t?

tme

nt,

th

e

no

de

l (*

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el

31

ap

pro

ach

es

the

re

al

sit

ua

tio

n

mo

st

clo

se

ly.

The

co

ntr

ol

tas

k

is i

nc

orp

ora

ted

as

a s

pe

cta

l queue;

cu

sto

src

rs a

rriv

inm

i

n

the

c

on

tro

l ta

sk

q

ue

ue

ca

n

pre

em

pt

the

s

erv

ice

o

f a

su

bsyste

m e

ve

nt.

5

erv

ice

o

f t9

r

su

bs

yrt

em

e

ve

nt

wil

l th

en

be

resu

ne

d

at

the

p

oin

t 0.-

intn

rru

pti

on

a

fte

r

tbr

c

on

tro

l a

cti

on

is

co

mp

lete

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his

q

va

ue

in~

syste

m

is

de

sc

rib

ed

as

a

WIE

k/l

:PR

P/W

.'N

queue.

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o

f th

e p

roh

lem

s v

ith

!c

is

thir

d m

od

el

is

de

fin

in*

a "c

usto

me

rn

for

the

c

on

tro

l ta

sk

o

ue

ur.

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n

fec

t,

it

is

d

isp

lay

ed

e

rro

r (m

ore

s

pe

clf

icrl

ly.

iac

.re

ne

nts

o

f d

isp

lay

ed

e

rro

r)

wh

ich

q

ue

ue

s

(ac

cu

mu

late

s)

for

ztt

en

tio

n;

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we

ve

r,

the

s

ize

(o

f th

e

inc

rem

rnta

l b c

ust

om

ern

i

s

unkn

oun.

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as

on

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le

ap

pro

ach

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lde

r th

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asr;

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pti

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ree

mp

ts

su

bs

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tt~

s

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ice

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.,

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en

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ori

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ve

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mp

ted

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the

c

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sk

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a.

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ld

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d

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os

ely

\ as

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ific

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ount

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nif

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se

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sy

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n

se

rvic

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ore

em

pte

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an

d

co

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ert

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ull

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e

err

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the

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eq

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y

wit

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eq

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wh

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c

on

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l a

ctl

on

s

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se

rte

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o n

ull

th

em

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es

tim

ate

th

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fre

qu

en

cy

o

f c

on

tro

l re

sp

on

se

s,

the

num

ber

of

se

pa

rate

c

on

tro

l a

cti

on

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pe

rfo

rme

d

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p

ilo

t ca

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un

ted

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om

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nu

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arriv

al

ra

te f

or

co

ntr

ol

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sto

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n

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o

bta

ine

d.

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o

bta

in

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e

sti

ma

te

cf

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ve

rap

e

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rvic

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ra

te f

or

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ur

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rr

i

n t

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c

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sk

queue.

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ask

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rvic

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te p

arm

ete

r in

th

e s

inu

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va

rie

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ntil

a g

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e

xp

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l d

ata

is

ob

tain

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acco

u,t

for th

e i

nc

rea

se

d w

ait

in8

tim

e in

cu

rre

d f

rom

e

rro

rs

su

ch

as

fals

e

ala

rms

a

nd

in

co

rre

ct

ac

tio

ns

. m

od

if*e

ati

on

s

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ic

sim

ula

tio

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de

l w

ere

m

ade.

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als

e

s'a

rms

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cc

ou

nte

d

for

by

as

in*

an

oth

er

ou?ue.

wit

h

ev

en

t (fr

lse

ala

rms

) a

rriv

al

ra

te e

su

al

to

th

e

arriv

al

ra

te

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fals

e

ala

rms

in

th

e

ex

ce

rim

en

t.

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r th

e t

as

k

dis

cu

ss

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e

se

rvic

e

tim

e

use

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for

a

fals

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rm

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on

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th

e

mea

n e

ve

nt

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rvic

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e,

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ly

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fir

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le

ve

ls o

f t

he

ch

ec

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show

n w

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a f

als

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larm

oc

cu

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orr

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cti

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n

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l s

itu

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d

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ier,

an

ex

per

imen

t w

as

per

form

ed

to

st

ud

y

sub

jec

t "

pil

otn

p

erfo

rman

ce

in

a m

ult

i-ta

sk

flig

ht

man

agem

ent

sit

ua

tio

n.

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e tw

o

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de

pe

nd

en

t v

ari

ab

les

in

the

ex

per

imen

t w

ere

the

in

ter-

arr

iva

l ti

mes

of

sab

syst

em e

ve

nts

, an

d

the

dif

fic

ult

y

of

the

fli

gh

t p

ath

t

o b

e fo

llo

wed

by

th

e p

ilo

t.

In t

he

fir

st

pa

rt o

f th

e e

xp

erim

ent,

o

nly

th

e s

ub

svst

em

mo

nit

ori

np

ta

sk

w

as

co

nsi

de

red

. An

"a

uto

pil

otn

k

ep

t th

e

air

pla

ne

on

c

ou

rse

, c

oin

cid

en

t w

ith

th

e

"on

-co

urs

e in

dic

ato

rn m

ark

er.

10

-min

ute

tr

ials

, u

sin

g

30

, 6

0,

and

90

se

con

d

av

era

ge

in

tera

rriv

al

tim

es

(pe

r su

bsy

stem

),

wer

e ru

n

wit

h

ea

ch

o

f s

ix

sub

jec

ts.

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e a

ctu

al

inte

rarr

iva

l ti

me

s w

ere

ex

oo

ne

nti

all

y

dis

trib

ute

d

abo

ut

the

mea

n.)

To

e

qu

all

y

dis

trib

ute

th

e

eff

ec

ts

of

pra

cti

ce

o

bta

ine

d

du

rin

g

a se

qu

ence

o

f tr

ial3

, a

bal

ance

d

de

sig

n

was

em

plo

yed

, su

rh

tha

t th

e

thre

e

tria

ls

wy

e

giv

en

in

a d

iffe

ren

t o

rde

r t

o

ea

ch

su

bje

ct

(se

e T

ab

le

11.

Six

su

bje

cts

p

art

icip

ate

d,

al

l

of

wh

ich

w

ere

mal

e st

ud

en

ts

or

fo

rmer

st

ud

en

ts

in

-ng

ine

eri

ng

.

Du

rin

g t

his

fi

rs

t p

art

of

the

ex

per

imen

t,

two

se

ssio

ns,

th

ree

ten

-miq

ute

tr

ials

~n

ea

ch

, w

ere

run

wit

h e

ach

su

bje

ct.

T

he

fir

st

sea

sio

n

serv

ed

t

o

tra

in

the

su

bje

cts

fo

r th

e

mo

nit

ori

ng

ta

sk;

little

im

pro

vem

ent

in

per

form

ance

w

as

no

ted

d

uri

ng

th

e

seco

nd

se

ssio

n.

(On

ly

the

d

ata

fr

om

th

e

seco

nd

se

ssio

n w

as u

sed

fo

r a

na

lysi

s.)

Dat

a fr

om

th

is p

art

o

f th

e e

xp

erim

ent

co

nsi

ste

d

of

the

fo

llo

win

g:

1.

Tim

e o

f o

cc

urr

en

ce

of

a su

bsy

stem

ev

en

t

2.

Tim

e o

f re

spo

nse

to

th

e e

ve

nt

3.

Tim

e o

f c

om

~le

tic

~n

o

f d

iag

no

stic

ac

tio

n f

or

the

ev

en

t.

Fa

ilu

res

to

co

mp

lete

d

iag

no

stic

a

cti

on

a

fte

r a

n

init

ial

resp

on

se

(in

co

rre

ct

ac

tio

ns)

w

ere

als

o

no

ted

, a

s

we

ll

as

re

spo

nse

s t

o n

on

ex

iste

nt

ev

en

ts (

fals

e a

larm

s).

Th

e se

con

d

pa

rt

of

the

e

xp

eri

me

nt

co

nsi

ste

d

of

bo

th

mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d

co

ntr

ol

task

s.

Aft

er

co

nsi

de

rab

le t

rain

inp

. th

e

su

bje

cts

part

icip

ate

d

in

foc

r fo

rma

l e

xp

eri

me

nta

l se

ssio

ns,

e

ac

h

of

wh

ich

in

vo

lved

tw

o

tria

ls

of

a

bo

ut

15

m

inu

tes

du

rati

on

. F

or

the

f

ir

rt

t

ri

al

c

f

a se

ssio

n.

the

su

bje

ct

was

g

ive

n a

:i

m~

le m

ap

(few

tu

rns

) to

fo

llo

w (

Fig

ure

3

).

In

the

se

con

d

tria

l,

the

c

ou

rse

w

as

mo

re

com

ple

x

(Fig

ure

4

).

Th

e m

ean

ev

en

t in

tera

rriv

al

tim

e

for

the

m

on

ito

rin

g

tas

k

rem

ain

ed

the

sam

e d

uri

ng

e

ac

h

sess

ion

, b

ut

va

rie

d

fro

m s

ess

ion

to

se

ssio

n,

as

in

dic

ate

d i

n T

ab

le 1

.

To

es

tab

lis

h b

ase

lin

e p

erfo

rman

ce f

or

the

co

ntr

ol

task

. th

e f

irs

t se

ssio

n i

nc

lud

ed

on

ly t

he

air

cra

ft c

on

tro

l.

bu

t n

o

mo

nit

ori

ng

. T

he

rem

ain

ing

se

ssio

ns

wer

e ru

n

wit

h

the

th

ree

le

ve

ls

of

mo

nit

ori

ne

w

ork

load

u

sed

e

arl

ier.

T

he

bal

ance

d

de

sig

n

for

va

ryin

g

the

m

on

ito

rin

g

tas

k

wo

rklo

ad

was

a

lso

u

sed

in

th

es

e

sess

ion

s (T

ab

le

1).

P

rio

r to

per

form

inn

th

e

fin

al

tria

ls,

the

s

ub

jec

ts

pra

cti

ce

d

"fly

ing

" th

e

air

pla

ne

si

mu

lato

r,

bo

th

wit

ho

ut

and

wit

5

mo

nit

or

in^

task

s.

Whe

n th

ey

w

ere

ab

le t

o f

ly t

he

co

mp

lex

map

, w

ith

th

e

low

est

(30

se

c.)

su

bsy

ste

n

ev

en

t in

tera

rriv

al

tim

e,

and

a

lso

ma

inta

in

co

ntr

ol

of

air

r .a

ft

att

itu

de

an

d

po

siti

on

, th

e f

ina

l tr

ials

w

ere

run

.

Dat

a o

bta

ine

d

fro

m t

his

pa

rt o

f th

e e

xp

erim

ent

(sam

ple

d

ev

ery

0

.25

se

c.)

in

clu

de

d

the

th

ree

mea

sure

s li

ste

d a

bo

ve,

a

s w

ell

as

co

ntr

ol

tas

k i

nfo

rmat

ion

:

4.

Air

cra

ft p

osi

tio

n a

nd

a

ttit

ud

e

5.

Pil

ot

co

ntr

ol

inp

uts

.

Per

form

ance

da

ta f

or

fou

r le

ve

ls o

f m

on

ito

rin

g w

ork

load

an

d

thre

e

lev

els

o

f c

on

tro

l ta

sk

w

ork

load

w

ere

thu

s

ob

tain

ed

fr

om

th

e e

xp

erim

ent

as

a w

ho

le.

RES

ULT

S

Th

e ra

w

da

ta

ob

tain

ed

d

ur

in

~ t

he

ex

per

imen

t w

as

anal

yze

d

to o

bta

in

sub

syst

em e

ve

nt

se

rvic

e t

ime

and

wa

itin

g

tim

e s

tati

sti

cs

, su

mm

ariz

ed

in

Ta

ble

2

. E

rro

rs

(fa

lse

a

larm

s an

d

inc

orr

ec

t a

cti

on

s)

wer

e a

lso

zo

un

ted

, an

d

ar

e

show

n in

Ta

ble

s 3

and

4

. T

ab

le 5

sho

ws

tnre

e

mea

sure

s o

f c

on

tro

l ta

sk

p

erfo

rman

ce

(RM

S p

erp

en

dic

ula

r d

ista

nc

e

fro

m

the

co

urs

e,

RMS

pit

ch

an

d r

oll

a

ng

les)

, fo

r th

e

sub

syst

em

ev

en

t a

rriv

al

rate

s

and

c

ap

s u

sed

in

th

e e

xp

erim

ent

(als

o

pre

sen

ted

g

rap

hic

all

y i

n F

igu

re 5

.)

Su

bsy

stem

e

ve

nt

serv

ice

ti

me

is

m

easu

red

fr

om

in

itia

tio

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sk

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as

th

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fr

eq

ue

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ba

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imp

ly

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inp

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e i

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al

su

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tem

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ific

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te,

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iste

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ria

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uit

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, o

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-ha

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a

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ted

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dia

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av

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ca

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ly o

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he

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ve

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ls o

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c

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fals

e a

larm

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en

m

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ala

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b

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to

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tin

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ld

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cu

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falq

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ld

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cu

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hi:e

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.)

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s

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te,

ob

tain

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fr

om

th

e

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pir

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tim

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ata

.

5.

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an

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me

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sh

ap

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pa

ram

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e

sq

ua

re

of

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ra

tio

of

mea

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o s

tan

da

rd

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via

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is

wa

s c

alc

ula

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om

th

e

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pir

ica

l s

erv

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t'

me

d

ata

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on

ly

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pute

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w

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d

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su

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-ize

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in T

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ity

o

f in

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us

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ti

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or

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se

rvic

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ra

te f

or

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co

ntr

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k

qu

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v

ari

ed

u

nti

l c

los

e

fi

ts

t

o e

mp

iric

al

wa

itin

g

tim

e

av

era

ge

s (a

cro

ss

all

su

bsy

ste

ms)

w

erP

o

bta

i~e

d.

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s

erv

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ra

tps

fo

r si

mp

le

map

w

ere

the

n

av

era

ge

d,

as

w

ell

a

s t

ho

ye

fo

r th

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om

ple

x

mao

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n

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la

n~

sha

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of

2

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r th

e c

on

tro

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tas

k

qu

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e

tim

e

dis

trib

uti

on

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he

se

va

lue

s w

ere

use

d

to

pro

du

ce t

he

re

su

lts

sho

wn

in T

ab

le 8

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imp

crt

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t t

o n

ote

th

at

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re

su

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ine

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fo

r

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th

ird

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ase

d o

n

the

ass

um

pti

on

th

at

co

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ta

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ate

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no

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arv

wit

h s

uh

syst

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ve

nt

arr

iva

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te.

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assu

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may

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pp

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is

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SUM

MAR

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of

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lia

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agem

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ua

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ve

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ult

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pre

sen

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su

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n t

he

f

irs

t m

od

el,

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tas

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xp

lic

itly

m

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eled

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/Ek/

l:KPR

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qu

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inc

lud

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in

th

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mp

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syst

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ev

en

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me

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hic

h

inc

rea

sed

w

hen

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c

on

tro

l ta

sk

w

as p

rese

nt.

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his

mo

del

a

de

qu

ate

ly p

red

icte

d

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su

bsy

ste

m

ev

en

t w

ait

inp

ti

me

p

erfo

rman

ce

on

ly

for

the

ta

sk

s

wit

h

hig

he

st

arr

iva

l ra

tes

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con

d

mo

del

a

cc

ou

nte

d

for

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co

ntr

ol

po

rtio

n

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tas

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h

low

an

d m

ediu

m

arr

iva

l ra

tes

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y

usi

ng

an

e

ffe

cti

ve

arr

iva

l r

ate

fo

r s

ub

syst

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ev

en

ts.

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ad

din

g

an

in

cre

me

nt

of

arr

iva

l r

ate

to

th

e a

ctu

al

ev

en

t a

rriv

al

rate

, th

e e

mp

iric

al

wa

itin

g

tim

e

per

form

ance

c

ou

ld

be

p

red

icte

d

sa

tis

fac

tori

ly

by

com

pu

ter

sim

ula

tio

n.

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ever

. us

ink?

a

n

eff

ec

tiv

e

arr

iva

l r

ate

le

av

es

muc

h t

o b

e

de

sir

ed

fr

om

th

e

po

int

of

vie

w o

f w

hat

is

ph

ysi

ca

lly

hap

pen

ing

in

th

e o

ve

rall

ta

sk. T

he

thir

d

mo

del

in

co

rpo

rate

d

the

c

on

tro

l ta

sk

a

s

a se

pa

rate

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pe

cia

l q

ueu

e w

hic

h

cou

'l

pre

emp

t su

bsv

stem

ev

en

t s

erv

ice

w

hen

ever

a

cust

om

er

arr

ive

d.

Th

e ta

sk

w

as

thu

s

mo

del

ed a

s a

K

/Ek/

l:PR

P/N

/W

qu

euei

ng

sy

stem

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e

sti

ma

te o

f

the

arr

iva

l r

ate

fo

r c

on

tro

l ta

sk

q

ueu

e c

ust

on

ers

was

m

ade.

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he

se

rvic

e

ra

te f

or

the

co

ntr

ol

tas

k w

as u

sed

as

a

fit

tin

e

par

amet

er.

9y

v

ary

ing

t

hi

~

pa

ram

ete

r in

th

e

stn

ula

tio

n,

a re

aso

na

ble

fit t

o e

mp

iric

al

da

ta w

as

ob

tain

ed

.

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e th

ree

ro

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ls

pre

sen

ted

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pre

sen

t su

cc

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re

fin

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en

ts

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tte

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nc

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c

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sk

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qu

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el

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on

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sub

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mo

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orf

np

ta

sk

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e

as

ily

fo

rmu

late

d

usi

ng

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qu

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esc

rip

tio

n.

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s

ba

sic

re

pre

sen

tati

on

w

as

the

sa

me

in

all

th

ree

m

odel

re

fin

em

en

ts.

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e th

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Table 2. S u b s y s t e s e v e n t s e r v i c e performance ( e h p i r i c a l )

Subsvster! s e n t a r r i v a l r a t e ( e v e n t a / s e c ) Subsystem

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Table 5. Contml task performance (enoirical)

Subsyrte? event arrival rate (events/seccr.d)

0 :.L!I111 0.01567 3.033?3

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Haan poaition error (It. ) 1259 1.352 3@57 2211 RYS position error (It.) 196 1 2?9 1 6135 2638

t4e.n course wror (ft.) 790 1074 1096 1186 RHS course error ( It. ) 1268 1609 17?2 1730

RMS altitude error (It.) 2700 5616 4395 6692 RMS pltch angle (radians) 0.096 9.118 0.134 0.110 W! roll a~le (radilns) 3.2PI O.?OS 0.?2? 0.319

Hean position error (It.) ?958 3247 3443 5203 MS position error (ft. 6526 4081 4209 673 1

Maan course aror ( ft . ) 1626 1638 1467 1921 RnS courrr arcr ( ft . ) 2p ZWl 203? 2611

)!4S altitude wror (It.) 66911 307 ShOZ 5355 ms pitch angle (radians) 0.158 .?. 117 0.136 0.171 RE! roll anele t ratlianr) 0.527 ?.W 0.415 0.406

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TUe, ox* - Empirical evert waittne t i n e averant, standard deviation (zcc . )

Table 7. Comparison of er .? ir ical :a:* and oueueinu ?'ode: 2 simulation r e s u l t s

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Aeffective - Fffect ive s;rsv?tes event a r r ivn l r a t e used in s i su la t ion

Aactsal - Pctual sutsvste- event e - r i v a l r a t e used in experiment

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Table 8. Cm~ariron of empirical data md oueueinr Kodel 3 aireulation results

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1,. pc, % - Control task cus'.omer arrival rate and servi?e re:. (customars/sec.), and Erlrnt distribution shape parapeter

ps, k, - Subsystem event se?vice rate (events/rec.), and Frlanv Cistr!bution shape parameter

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