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Interaction patterns (IPs) are coordinated, sensory-motor behaviors used by human operators to effectively interact with complex task environments. They take different forms depending on the domain of activity. In spatial control tasks, IPs take the form of guidance primitives that connect discrete environment features with the continuous control and guidance behavior. In particular they can be used to explain the emergence of subgoals and the partitioning of a spatial control problem’s workspace.
IPs are significant also because they explain the functional integration of sensory, perceptual, guidance, and control processes. They also represent a keystone in the formation of hierarchical control strategies, where they provide an interface between the low-level sensory and control functions and the high-level cognitive functions. Finally – and more generally – they provide a critical insight into the acquisition of human operators’ higher-level control functions.
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Mettler, B. (2021). Interaction Patterns as Units of Analysis in Hierarchical Human-in-the-Loop Control. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44184-5_100122
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