ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the theoretical basis of adaptive automation and surveys research and development efforts aimed at validation of this approach to automation design. The concept of adaptive automation originated with work in artificial intelligence in the 1970s. Adaptive automation is a form of automation that is flexible or dynamic in nature. In adaptive systems, decisions regarding the initiation, cessation, and type of automation are shared between the human operator and machine intelligence. Numerous theories, models, and platforms for delivering adaptive automation have already been proposed. There has been a growing interest in the merits of automation that is dynamic or adaptive in nature. Adaptive automation makes it possible for a system to have autonomous control over changes among modes of automation. Adaptive systems represent the next step in the evolution of automation, and it is a big step. The success of adaptive systems will in large part be determined by the interface.
