EPIC (Executive Process-Interactive Control) is a cognitive architecture especially suited for
modeling human multimodal and multiple-task performance. The EPIC architecture includes …

A belief in the efficacy of imitating face-to-face communication is an unquestioned
presupposition of most current work on supporting communications in electronic media. In …

Cognitive task analysis is a broad area consisting of tools and techniques for describing the
knowledge and strategies required for task performance. Cognitive task analysis has …

Further simulations of human multiple-task performance have been conducted with
computational models that are based on the executive-process interactive control (EPIC) …

Objective: This article presents a systematic framework characterizing adaptive systems.
Background: Adaptive systems are those that can appropriately modify their behavior to fit …

Interruptions can cause people to make mistakes or errors during human-computer
interaction (HCI). Interruptions occur as an unavoidable side-effect of some important kinds …

This article reports 4 experiments that used the psychological refractory period procedure to
characterize how people perform multiple tasks concurrently. For each experiment, a …

Experimental psychology, cognitive science, and human-factors engineering have
progressed sufficiently far that a practical unified theory of cognition and action is now …

Formal concepts and algorithms from contemporary computer operating systems can
facilitate efforts to precisely characterize the supervisory functions of executive mental …

The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency Augmented Cognition program is
develo** innovative technologies that will transform human-computer interactions by …