MISSION-ORIENTED DECISION AND CONTROL PILOT MODEL

PROPOSED HEREIN IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-STAGE DECISION AND CONTROL MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF PILOT/VEHICLE INTERACTION THAT CAN BE USED IN CONCEPTUAL STUDIES, PRELIMINARY DESIGN, FLYING QUALITIES RESEARCH, PROBLEM ANALYSIS, FLIGHT SAFETY, HUMAN ERROR AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS, ETC. THE PROPOSED MODEL EMPHASIZES DECISION MAKING, MONITORING, AND SUPERVISION, AS WELL AS DISCREET AND CONTINUOUS CONTROL. IT WILL INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF REALISTIC MISSION SCENARIOS AND FLIGHT TASKS, AND LARGE AMPLITUDE MOTIONS WITH TIME-VARYING AND NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS.THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL INCLUDE MODEL FORMULATION AND ANALYSIS (USING AS A SPECIFIC CONCRETE EXAMPLE THE APPROACH AND LANDING MISSION PHASE), AND RECOMMENDATION FOR PHASE II.SUBSEQUENT PHASE II WORK WOULD INCLUDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DETAILED ANALYTICAL/COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES, AND MODEL ANALYSIS OF A VARIETY OF SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.