Brief A fixed-order optimal control model of human operator response

  • Authors:
  • David B. Doman;Mark R. Anderson

  • Affiliations:
  • Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Vehicles Directorate, WPAFB, OH 45433-7531, USA;Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0203, USA

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Human operator models developed using optimal control theory are typically complicated and over-parameterized, even for simple controlled elements. The optimal projection (OP) synthesis technique is applied to a modified version of the optimal control model (OCM) of human operator dynamics. The result is a generalized formulation of a fixed-order modified optimal control model (FOMOCM) of the human operator and a computer algorithm that generates a FOMOCM when one exists. The FOMOCM forms a much needed bridge between high-order OCMs and traditional classical models.