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Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems
- Instructors
- Prof. John Hansman, Prof. Missy Cummings
- Term
- Spring 2004
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 33 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 16.422 Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems, Spring 2004, Prof. John Hansman, Prof. Missy Cummings — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Readings
Lecture Notes
16 files
- Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems Download
- Human-Centered Systems Engineering Design Apporaches Download
- Task Analysis and Function Allocation Download
- Memory and Attention Download
- Classical Decision Theory and Bayes’ Theorem Download
- Signal Detection Theory, and Information Theory Download
- Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Download
- Naturalistic Decision Making Download
- Workload and Situation Awareness Download
- Research Methods and Experimental Design Download
- Alerting Systems Download
- Lecture 17 · Topics Download
- Guest Lecture Model-based Programming of Cooperating Explorers (Courtesy of Brian Williams. Used with permission.) Download
- The Coming Transition in Automobile Cockpits - Insights from Aerospace Download
- Nuclear and Process Control Plants Download
- Social Implications Download
Projects
10 files
- A320 Strasbourg 1992 Accident Analysis Download
- American Airlines Flight 965 Accident Report Cali, Colombia (Courtesy of Paul Mitchell and Sylvain Bruni. Used with permission.) Download
- China Airlines CI676 Nagoya Incident (Courtesy of Luca Bertucelli and Seung Hwa Chung. Used with permission.) Download
- USS Vincennes Incident (Courtesy of Daniel Craig, Daniel Morales and Michael Oliver. Used with permission.) Download
- Measuring Human Performance: Maintaining Constant Relative Position to a Lead Vehicle in a Simulation (Courtesy of Paul Mitchell. Used with permission.) Download
- The Role of Instant Messaging on Task Performance and Level of Arousal (Courtesy of Sylvain Bruni. Used with permission.) Download
- Missile Supervisory Control Study Patriot (Courtesy of Luca Bertucelli. Used with permission.) Download
- The Integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Offensive Combat Situations (Courtesy of Daniel Morales (2nd Lt. USAF). Used with permission.) Download
- Standard Flow Abstractions as Mechanisms for Reducing ATC Complexity (Courtesy of Jonathan Histon (Research Assistant, PhD Candidate). Used with permission.) Download
- The Effects of Display Type on Operator Decisions and Confidence (Courtesy of Michael Oliver. Used with permission.) Download
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Course outline
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Lecture 2: Human-Centered Systems Engineering Design Apporaches
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Lecture 3: Task Analysis and Function Allocation
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Lecture 4: Guest Lecture Historical and Social Implications
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Lecture 5: Memory and Attention
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Lecture 6: Activity Group Presentations
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Lecture 7: Activity Group Presentations (cont.)
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Lecture 8: Classical Decision Theory and Bayes’ Theorem
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Lecture 9: Signal Detection Theory, and Information Theory
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Lecture 10: Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
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Lecture 11: Naturalistic Decision Making
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Lecture 12: Workload and Situation Awareness
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Lecture 13: Aircraft Displays and Flight Management Systems
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Lecture 14: Activity Mid-Term Presentations
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Lecture 15: Guest Lecture Human Error and Reliability
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Lecture 16: Research Methods and Experimental Design
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Lecture 17: Alerting Systems
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Lecture 18: Command and Control/Air Traffic Control
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Lecture 19: Guest Lecture Model-based Programming of Cooperating Explorers
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Lecture 20: The Coming Transition in Automobile Cockpits - Insights from Aerospace
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Lecture 21: Guest Lecture Telemedicine/Telerobotics
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Lecture 22: Guest Lecture Medical Interface Design
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Lecture 23: Nuclear and Process Control Plants
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Lecture 24: Social Implications
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Lecture 25: Activity Term Project Presentations
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Lecture 26: Activity Term Project Presentations (cont.)
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