A comparison of human and near-optimal task management behavior

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-416

  Shakeri, Shakib ^a,b   Funk, Ken ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nuclear Safety Solutions Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT TASKS; JUGGLER SPINNING PLATES; STRATEGIC TASK MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TABU SEARCH;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249098093     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X197026     Document Type: Article

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