Although the Sheridan-Verplank Scale to describe levels and modes of human-machine interaction has existed for more than 20 years little systematic work has been done to evaluate the properties of the different levels. This paper describes the first stages of a program to compare Sheridan-Verplank level, system reliability, and quality of automated assistance on productivity, trust, operator self-confidence, and fault management in process control.
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