Human performance modeling provides a complementary approach to human usability testing methods for evaluating the impact of advanced interface features on operator performance under a variety of conditions and design alternatives. This paper describes ongoing work performed by Micro Analysis & Design, Inc. (MA&D) to apply human performance modeling techniques to support usability study and system design objectives for an advanced workstation.
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