Design Evaluation for Personnel, Training and Human factors (DEPTH)

A 53-month effort to develop a versatile, computer graphics-based human modeling technology is discussed. This technology will be implemented on a high-speed graphics workstation for application during new system design and system modification to describe, evaluate, and document human-centered aspects of system performance. The human-centered design analyses will be performed as an element of the integrated product development process to illustrate, predict, evaluate, and describe human/product interactions during the product's life cycle. The DEPTH program provides an opportunity to integrate CAD (computer-aided design), automated information technologies, virtual reality, and human performance knowledge into an integrated system for influencing a product's design for supportability and for documentation and development of the product requirements for human and logistics resources.<>