Intelligent Agent Transparency in Human–Agent Teaming for Multi-UxV Management

• Published in: Human factors Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 401 - 415
• Main Authors: Mercado, Joseph E., Rupp, Michael A., Chen, Jessie Y. C., Barnes, Michael J., Barber, Daniel, Procci, Katelyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2016; Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Subjects: Adult; Artificial Intelligence; Automation; Calibration; Computer Simulation; Female; Human-computer interaction; Humans; Male; Man-Machine Systems; Task Performance and Analysis; Transparency; Trust; Unmanned aerial vehicles; User-Computer Interface; Young Adult; human–agent teaming; intelligent agent transparency; multi-UxV management

Objective: We investigated the effects of level of agent transparency on operator performance, trust, and workload in a context of human–agent teaming for multirobot management. Background: Participants played the role of a heterogeneous unmanned vehicle (UxV) operator and were instructed to complet...