Intermittent control: A computational theory of human control

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 31-51

  Gawthrop, Peter ^a   Loram, Ian ^b   Lakie, Martin ^c   Gollee, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human balancing; Human operator; Intermittent control; Optimal control; Predictive control

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BALANCING; HUMAN OPERATOR; INTERMITTENT CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; CONTROL; CONTROLLERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79952572918     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-010-0416-4     Document Type: Article

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