A sampled-data pursuit tracking model

A sampled-data pursuit hand-tracking model for the human operator is developed and tested. The model embodies the simplest a priori assumptions about human tracking behavior. The analytical model is presented along with the experimentally determined frequency transfer characteristics of an analog computer built to have the same transfer function as the mathematical model. Generally good agreement was obtained in matching the model's frequency- and time-domain responses to those of a well-trained human tracking in pursuit fashion an input power spectrum flat to 0.64 c/s.