Man-Machine Systems - Information, Control, and Decision Models of Human Performance

Sheridan, Thomas B. and William R. Ferrell

ISBN 10: 0262191180 / ISBN 13: 9780262191180

Published by First edition, published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974., 1974

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Very good with good to very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn at spine tips and corners, is rubbed at corners and surfaces and has three 1/2 inch tears at top edges. Pages 425 to 452 are bound in twice. 452 pages. Seller Inventory # 17448

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Title: Man-Machine Systems - Information, Control, ...

Publisher: First edition, published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974.

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Review:

"In this book, Sheridan and Ferrell announce clearly and capably the maturation of a field that was in its infancy when Wiener wrote "Cybernetics." The book deals with models for three important areas of human behavior: information processing, manual tracking, and decision-making. In each field, enough of the mathematical background is given to make the model basis understandable to the reader with advanced undergraduate training in mathematics or engineering.... In dealing with human information processing, the authors introduce Bayes's theorem and the Shannon-Wiener information concept and then apply them to subjective estimation, movement precision, and continuous monitoring. The information theory concepts of channel capacity, redundancy, and noise are shown to apply to psychophysical data concerning reaction times, human information transmission, and subjective probabilities."--"American Scientist" "This book has been long in the making, and it has benefited from the reactions and responses of students who used earlier versions of the text in courses offered by the authors.... The authors have provided a significant service to the field of ergonomics by giving an excellent presentation of quantitative models of human performance in man-machine systems."--"Ergonomics" "A valuable and comprehensive reference....also a proven text."--"American Journal of Psychology"