Adaptive autonomy
The extremist idea of "eliminate the human from the field" rendered the ironies of automation , to the extent that the researchers in the related fields shifted the paradigm to the idea of "best-fit autonomy for the computers", in order to provide more humane automation solutions.
One of the first human-machine function-allocation methods was presented by P. M. Fitts in 1951, which was used in automation systems design .
Adaptive Autonomy
The peripheral Situations affect the performance of cybernetic systems; therefore, though one-shot human-centered automation (HCA) designs might provide better results than the systems designed based on the "automate it as possible" philosophy; however, these designs fail to maintain the advantages of the HCA designs, when the peripheral situations changes , .
Consequently, the automation solutions should be smart enough to adapt the level of automation (LOA) to the changes in peripheral situations. This concept is known as adaptive automation or adjustable automation ; however, the term "adaptive autonomy" (AA) seems more appropriate, to PReVENT the confusion with the phrases like adaptive control and adaptive automation in systems control terminology.
See also
- Autonomic Computing
- Autonomy-oriented computation
- Autonomous robot
- Human-computer interaction
- Automation
- Cybernetics
- Thomas B. Sheridan