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Pub. period:1974-2001
Pub. count:22
Number of co-authors:22
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Yan M. Yufik:2Jie Ren:2Valery F. Venda:1 Productive colleagues
Thomas B. Sheridan's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:
Christopher D. Wic..:75Harold S. Blackman:11Valery F. Venda:8
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Thomas B. Sheridan
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Publications by Thomas B. Sheridan (bibliography)
Sheridan, Thomas B. (2001): Response to "Building a Bridge between Different Scientific Communities: On Sheridan's Eclectic Ontology of Presence. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 10 (5) pp. 544-545.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (2000): Function Allocation: Algorithm, Alchemy or Apostasy?. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 52 (2) pp. 203-216.
“Fitts gave us our list, the function allocation counterpart of Moses' 10 commandments, or Luther's 95 theses. Based on the qualitative axioms of Fitts, we have sought to evolve function allocation into a science. But can usable algorithms or procedures be attained? Thus far the logic has eluded us, in spite of valiant efforts. Some have declared in disgust that function allocation can never be more than black art. Must we admit that function allocation is mostly art, judgement based on experience, with little prospect for rigorous science? Or in the end must we become apostates, and abandon our hopes for rational function allocation according to those scientific principles we have held so dear in practicing our profession? The paper discusses the following problems of function allocation: (1) computers, automation and robotics offer ever greater capability, but at the cost of greater system complexity and designer bewilderment, making the stakes for function allocation ever higher than before; (2) proper function allocation differs by process stage; (3) automation appears most promising at intermediate complexity, but the bounds of "intermediate" are undefined; (4) "human-centered design", while an appealing slogan, is fraught with inconsistencies in definition and generalizability; (5) "naturalistic decision-making" and "ecological" design are incompatible with normative decision theory; (6) function allocation is design, and therefore extends beyond science; and (7) living with the technological imperative, letting our evolving machines show us what they can do, acceding or resisting as the evidence becomes clear, appears inevitable. In spite of our best efforts to cope with these and other problems of function allocation, error and dispute over allocation criteria are human nature. Perhaps that is part of the Darwinian reality, the requisite variety, the progenitor of progress. At least we have it in our power to say no to new technology, or do we?”
© All rights reserved Sheridan and/or Academic Press
Ottensmeyer, Mark P., Hu, Jianjuen, Thompson, James M., Ren, Jie and Sheridan, Thomas B. (2000): Investigations into Performance of Minimally Invasive Telesurgery with Feedback Time Delays. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 9 (4) pp. 369-382.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (2000): Interaction, imagination and immersion some research needs. In: VRST 2000 2000. pp. 1-7.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1999): Descartes, Heidegger, Gibson and God: Toward an Eclectic Ontology of Presence. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 8 (5) pp. 551-559.
Gupta, Rakesh, Sheridan, Thomas B. and Whitney, Daniel E. (1997): Experiments Using Multimodal Virtual Environments in Design for Assembly Analysis. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 6 (3) pp. 318-338.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1996): Further Musings on the Psychophysics of Presence. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 5 (2) pp. 241-246.
Cott, Harold P. Van, Weiner, Earl, Wickens, Christopher D., Blackman, Harold S. and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1995): "Smart Automation Enhances Safety": A Motion for Debate. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 448-449.
“The Debate Resolution: Attempting to structure the benefits and hazards of rapidly evolving technologies within an envelope that defines what is safe, feasible and economically viable, is difficult. While experts may not have a neat way to do this in hand, they can sometimes piece together experience and wisdom in interesting ways and occasionally strike a spark that illuminates the darkness. Toward this end four authorities in human performance and automaton. will debate the following proposition, stated in the form of a resolution "Be it Resolved: That Smart Automation Enhances Safety."”
© All rights reserved Cott et al. and/or Human Factors Society
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1994): Virtual Reality and Telepresence. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting 1994. .
Yufik, Yan M. and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1993): A Framework for Measuring Cognitive Complexity of the Human-Machine Interface. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1993. pp. 587-592.
Yufik, Yan M., Sheridan, Thomas B. and Venda, Valery F. (1993): Quantitative Evaluation and Performance Prediction. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1993. pp. 642-647.
“The growing complexity and less than hundred percent reliability of modern man/machine systems, combined with the high cost of operator mistakes, makes it exceedingly important to obtain practical quantitative methods that would allow designers to mitigate complexity and predict operator performance at the early stages of design. Although the need for such methods has been long recognized, their development and acceptance proved to be slow. This paper tries to underscore some of the bottlenecks, and invite a discussion on how they can be overcome. We start by an example substantiating the value of quantitative predictive methods. Here, we refer to the Army/NASA Aircrew-Aircraft Integration Program (A{cubed}I) at NASA Ames Research Center. This example is followed by a general definition of the levels of man-machine adaptation. Current quantitative methods for performance prediction and operational complexity assessment are discussed next. The paper concludes by summarizing what we believe are the key points in making quantitative methods more useful for practical applications.”
© All rights reserved Yufik et al. and/or Elsevier Science
Massimino, Michael J. and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1993): Sensory Substitution for Force Feedback in Teleoperation. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2 (4) pp. 344-352.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1993): My Anxieties About Virtual Reality. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2 (2) pp. 141-142.
Wells, Maxwell J., Krueger, Myron, Sheridan, Thomas B., Ellis, Stephen and Cott, Harold Van (1992): "There is Nothing New in Cyberspace": A Motion for Debate. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. p. 1049.
“Cyberspace is the environment created during the experience of virtual reality. Therefore, to assert that there is nothing new in cyberspace alludes to there being nothing new about virtual reality. Is this assertion correct? Is virtual reality an exciting development in human-computer interaction, or is it simply another example of effective simulation? Does current media interest herald a major advance in information technology, or will virtual reality go the way of artificial intelligence, cold fusion and junk bonds? Is virtual reality the best thing since sliced bread, or is it last week's buns in a new wrapper? There are experts who support both views. The best-thing-since-sliced-bread protagonists point to potential applications in training, communications, entertainment and human-computer interaction. They use terms like "intuitive", "circumambience", and "presence." The opposition use terms like "so what?", "when?", and "right!". Are the proponents harbingers or visionaries? Are the opponents sceptics or Luddites? Predicting the impact of technology is notoriously difficult. Hindsight allows us, for example, to express pitiful disdain towards the engineer who saw no future for the telephone, or the clerk who could not be convinced of the benefits of the photocopier. Experts are no better, or no worse, at predicting than the rest of us. The value of experts is in their ability to fit current ideas and events into the context of past events, and to do so in a coherent and engaging manner.”
© All rights reserved Wells et al. and/or Human Factors Society
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1992): Musings on Telepresence and Virtual Presence. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 1 (1) pp. 120-125.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1992): Defining our Terms. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 1 (2) pp. 272-274.
Sheridan, Thomas B. (1991): Automation, Authority and Angst -- Revisited. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting 1991. pp. 2-6.
“Automation of previously human-controlled systems is accelerating. Although various proposals have been made regarding the allocations of functions among human and machine components of systems, the human factors discipline is not keeping pace with automation. Using examples primarily from aviation, a number of questions are raised regarding the relative roles of people and computers.”
© All rights reserved Sheridan and/or Human Factors Society
Chin, K. P. and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1989): The Effect of Force Feedback on Teleoperation. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1989. pp. 504-511.
“In this paper, we argue that "telepresence", the sense of being present at a remote location, should be a means to achieve higher performance, but not a purpose in itself. Force feedback, considered as a subset of telepresence, is essential in constrained motion tasks. However, force feedback to the operator may reduce the performance because, firstly, it is fatiguing; secondly, it limits the dexterity and capacity of the system; and thirdly, it causes the teleoperator system to be unstable and hard to control especially in the presence of time delay. Therefore, we suggest that force information should be analyzed and interpreted at the remote site to avoid dynamic coupling between the task and operator. We also discuss the possibility and technology needed to replace force feedback with a supervisory control system in order to achieve a higher performance level in teleoperation.”
© All rights reserved Chin and Sheridan and/or Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Cheng, Chi-Cheng and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1989): Predictor Display for Woodshole Argo Submersible. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1989. pp. 346-353.
“The control strategy for the towed submersible, Argo, is currently limited to straight-line maneuvers, because of the complex dynamics of the long cable. A long-term predictor is developed to help human operators to control the Argo's position. Although it is not likely to have a complete model for the long cable, a hybrid prediction method that combines a discrete time-series model and a continuous extrapolation model is introduced under the condition of the limited knowledge about this complex system. The technique of least squares with exponential data-weighting is applied to calibrate the model parameters in real time. An experimental cable model is also developed for computer simulation. Two simulations, straight-line and curve maneuvers, are investigated. The satisfactory prediction performance of the hybrid algorithm is shown in simulation results.”
© All rights reserved Cheng and Sheridan and/or Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Ren, Jie and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1989): A Fuzzy Expert System. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1989. pp. 806-813.
“Fuzzy knowledge, that for which the terms of reference are not crisp (mutually exclusive) in their meanings, but whose meanings overlap one another, is seen to characterize human expertise and decision-making. A fuzzy expert system with operating software has been developed and demonstrated for capturing fuzzy knowledge by observing human decision responses to system states, and identifying that knowledge in terms of a fuzzy expert relation matrix (FERM).”
© All rights reserved Ren and Sheridan and/or Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Charny, Leonid, Hornsby, Mary E. and Sheridan, Thomas B. (1987): An Interactive Multi-Objective Decision-Aiding System for Tactical Mission Planning. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 31st Annual Meeting 1987. pp. 432-436.
“This paper describes an interactive computer-aiding system for tactical aircraft mission planning. A Multiple-Objective Decision-Making approach has been applied to the tactical mission planning domain. The planner specifies a set of potential flight routes and selects an optimum one as the result of a human-computer dialogue. In this dialogue, the planner iteratively specifies acceptable constraints and desired weights on several mission-related decision objectives. The system provides graphic feedback about the merit of the selected route vis a vis the specified objectives, and allows the planner to tailor the mission route plan to meet explicit decision objectives.”
© All rights reserved Charny et al. and/or Human Factors Society
Sheridan, Thomas B. and Ferrel, William R. (1974): Man-Machine Systems: Information, Control, and Decision Models of Human Performance. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press
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