A comparison of pursuit and compensatory tracking in a simulated aircraft control loop.

The relative effectiveness of a pursuit and a compensatory tracking display in a simulated one-coordinate aircraft control loop was compared with two experiments. It is concluded that the superiority of the pursuit mode over the compensatory gives clear evidence that the separate display of target-course input, control-system output, and error is essentially as beneficial in a "loose" control arrangement as in a "tight" but unaided tracking system employing position control. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)