Design of man-machine system by using sensitivity analysis
K. Asai, Hisashi Tanaka · The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics · 1969
This paper deals with a new method of design of a man-machine system by using the sensitivity analysis.First, a new idea proposed by the authors is presented, which means that an operator can control a machine with little effort if the relation between the sensitivity of the state variation caused by a disturbance and the sensitivity of the state variation varied by the operator is linearly dependent at the man-machine system in which the state variation of the machine caused by the disturbance is continuously compensated to keep the best condition of the machine by the operator.Next, the new method of system design based on this idea is shown on an example of the manual operating optimal control system, and the simulation studies are carried out on the system designed by the above method.Simulation results are included to demonstrate the possibility of the proposed method.