A man-machine system is present if a human component works on a task with a technical component together.

Bases

The human component (humans) thereby is individual humans or a group of humans, the technical component (machine) is an individual machine, a vehicle, a complex technical plant or a technical process.

The substantial of the viewpoint as man-machine system is it to see humans and machine as together acting unit and with all questions, for example after security, efficiency or task distribution of regarding both components in their borders and abilities and their interaction.

Research methods

Realizations over man-machine systems are won by observation in genuine situations (for example in the context of a task analysis), by the employment technical systems simulated from test subjects (for example in driving, flight or process simulators) or on the basis models for humans.

Literature

• Katja Karrer, Boris Gauss & Christiane Steffens (Hrsg.): Contributions to the man-machine system technology from research and practice. Anniversary publication for Klaus Peter Timpe. Duesseldorf: Symposion, 2005. ISBN 3-936608-72-5.
• Gunnar Johannsen: Man-machine systems. Berlin: Springer publishing house, 1993. ISBN 3-540-56152-8.
• Klaus Peter Timpe, Thomas & Harald Kolrep (Hrsg.): Man-machine system technology. Concepts, modelling, organization, evaluation. Duesseldorf: Symposion, 2002. ISBN 3-933814-83-9.

See also

• Error management, human error
• Usability
• People computer interaction
• Ergonomics
• Human Factors
• Engineer psychology
• Three-level model, automatic controller people model

Left

• Technical Committee on humanMachine of system of the international control engineering organization IFAC
• Center for man-machine interaction of the University of Kaiserslautern
• Field of activity system engineering and man-machine systems of the University of Kassel
• Center of man-machine systems of the technical University of Berlin
• Field of activity of man-machine systems of the technical University of Berlin

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