There are certain capabilities and limitations of both men
and machines. Having understood these thoroughly, we can devise successful
combinations of men and machines to perform appropriately to obtain safe
designs and processes.
Characteristics of Men and Machines
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Men
excel in
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Machines
excel in
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_Learn by past experience and alter the course of
action
_Ability to apply originality in problem solving
by perceiving alternatives and deciding best option.
_Ability to react to unexpected low-probability
events
_Ability to improvise and adopt flexible
procedures
_Ability to exercise judgment where events cannot
be completely defined
_Ability to memories lots of information for long
periods and recall them at appropriate times
_Sensitivity to an extremely wide variety of
stimuli
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_Ability to operate in hostile environments and do
repetitive works untiringly
_Insensitivity to extraneous factors
_To do many things at a time
_Sensitivity to infrared and radio wave signals
_Ability to store and recall amounts of information
in short time periods
_Ability to respond quickly to control signals
_Perform routine, repetitive, precise and hard jobs
_Exertion of large force smoothly and with precision
_Performance of complex and rapid computation with high
accuracy
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