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The Helmsman as a Man–Machine Element

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

R. Sutton and
D. R. Towill
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Abstract

In this paper the role of the helmsman in terms of man–machine systems theory, such as is frequently used in aerospace work is considered and the literature of the subject surveyed in so far as it relates to the control of seagoing vessels. Lieutenant-Commander Sutton is in the Control Engineering Department at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth, and Professor Towill is head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UWIST, Cardiff.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 1986, pp. 49 - 65
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1986

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