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Models of Multitask Situations

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This tutorial discusses models that predict the loss in quality of performance of multiple tasks, which occurs as a direct result of that multiplicity. It is often assumed therefore that this multiplicity induces competition for some scarce commodity which we label “resources.” At issue is whether one can predict the loss in quality given characteristics of (a) the processing on each task in isolation, and (b) the relation between tasks.

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    Christopher D. Wickens

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  1. Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA

    Grant R. McMillan

  2. Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

    David Beevis

  3. Naval Training Systems Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Eduardo Salas

  4. U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Fort Bliss, Texas, USA

    Michael H. Strub

  5. Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth, Devon, UK

    Robert Sutton

  6. TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

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Wickens, C.D. (1989). Models of Multitask Situations. In: McMillan, G.R., Beevis, D., Salas, E., Strub, M.H., Sutton, R., Van Breda, L. (eds) Applications of Human Performance Models to System Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9244-7_18

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