Human problem solving is considered in terms of the effects of the environment being dynamic. For example, the impact of having to operate a system while also trying to diagnose failures is discussed as well as several related issues. A general structure is proposed for modeling human problem solving in such environments. A realization of this general structure within a particular rule-based computer program is discussed. Results are presented from applying this program to modeling human problem solving in a process control task.
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