NEXT GENERATION HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING: NEW KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE BASED ARCHITECTURES FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE/COMPUTER-BASED TRAIN..

THERE IS A NEED TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, TEST AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE HUMAN-RELATED SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. INTELLIGENT INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS, MENTAL MODELS, AND OTHER ADVANCED COGNITIVE TOOLS AND CONCEPTS CAN BE VIEWED AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE THESE ENDS. OPPORTUNITIES NOW EXIST FOR THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED APPROACHES AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES TO A VARIETY OF MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE AND COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING PROBLEMS. THE PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AN APPROPRIATE DOMAIN (FOR EXAMPLE, LOGISTICS PLANNING) AND THEN MODEL THE RELEVANT PROCESS, DESIGN A COMPUTER-BASED PROTOTYPE (IN AN INTERACTIVE "STORYBOARD") TO DEMONSTRATE ASPECTS OF AN ADVANCED SYSTEMS CONCEPT BASED ON NEW KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES AND KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE ARCHITECTURES. THE PROTOTYPE WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE ITS "VALUE-ADDED."