Agents for analysis and design of complex systems

Author

Callantine, Todd J.

Author_Institution

NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

567

Abstract

The paper describes how intelligent agents can simulate human operators to aid in the analysis and design of complex systems. The paper presents two examples of adapting the Crew Activity Tracking System (CATS) to function as an intelligent agent. The first is a model-based design application in which CATS agents perform the task of air traffic controllers in order to test a new operational concept. The second concerns human error analysis, in which a coordinated team of CATS agents represents a flight crew and aircraft destroyed due to a controlled flight into terrain. The paper also discusses issues regarding the development of task model-based agents that make plausible, human-like errors and use such agents

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace simulation; air traffic control; digital simulation; intelligent control; software agents; CATS; Crew Activity Tracking System; air traffic controllers; aircraft; complex systems design; controlled flight; coordinated team; flight crew; human error analysis; human operator simulation; human-like errors; intelligent agents; model-based design application; operational concept; task model-based agents; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Analytical models; Cats; Error analysis; Humans; Intelligent agent; Performance evaluation; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2001.969874

Filename

969874