Constructal Model of Fitts’s Law to Predict Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off

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• Personal Author:
  Boregowda, Satish ; Handy, Rodney G. ; Merryweather, Andrew S. ; Sleeth, Darrah K.
• Description:
  The Constructal law provides novel modeling tools to better understand the complexity in physical and biological processes. The law begins with the design and optimization of engineered systems and discovers a deterministic principle for the generation of geometric form in natural systems. The intricate design of all human-machine interfaces can benefit from the Constructal law. In this paper, the Constructal law is used to predict minimum time (optimal) of travel using experimental data obtained from a large-scale human-machine interface study along with the use of Fitts's law. The results demonstrate a great potential to utilize Constructal law as complementary to Fitts's law in the design of human-machine systems. Future efforts will include the application of the integrated Constructal-Fitts's law concept to assist in the prediction of effective outcomes for various ergonomic and human factor-related conditions that exist in the work environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Adaptive Biomechanical Engineering Biomechanics Constructal Law Fitts's Law Human-machine Interface Human Factors Engineering Minimum Travel Time
• ISSN:
  1755-7437
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 pdf pages
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067299
• Citation:
  Int J Des Nat Ecodyn 2017 Jan; 12(1):44-54
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:27d57fd970f2b8af9ee25d70feb8269ff769ded0e46fff37098cfe37c74ed8daa10de529ef3038ce07c0b09c8859812f6b68a392154337373203fb7830f56971
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230670/cdc_230670_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB ]