Comments on "Issues in Human–Automation Interaction Modeling: Presumptive Aspects of Frameworks of Types and Levels of Automation" by David B. Kaber. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sheridan, Thomas B.
• Other Names: Roth Emilie M. guest-editor.; Pritchett Amy R. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cognitive engineering and decision making. Volume 12:Number 1(2018:Mar.)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 28
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: level of automation -- topics -- human−auto-mation interaction -- commentary; Human-computer interaction -- Periodicals; User-centered system design -- Periodicals; 004.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1555343417724964
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1555-3434

Abstract

Three aspects of Kaber's paper are discussed: (a) the origins of the level-of-automation concept as related to various misconceptions in the literature regarding the intent of the original paper; (b) distinctions between descriptive, predictive, presumptive, and normative models; and (c) the difficulty, even impossibility, of making level-of-automation taxonomies into readily useful tools for system design.