title: Human strategies in balancing an inverted pendulum with time delay.
abstract: The strategy of human manual control is investigated in balancing an inverted pendulum under time-delay constraints. Experiments show that as the task becomes more difficult due to the increase in time delay, the human operator adopts a more discrete-like strategy. Interpretation of the discrete-control mechanism is provided by relating the observed human responses with a human-performance model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
authors.forename: Mircea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lupu
authors.forename: Mingui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Askey
authors.forename: Ruiping
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zhi-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors