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ADJUSTMENT PROCESSES 



• • OMISSIONS 



o o ERRORS 



* « FILTERING 



* * APPROXIMATION 



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INPUT RATE (BITS/SEC) 



Fig. 7. Average utilization of adjustment processes by both groups at various 



input rates. 



marine crews. We recognize this as only one type of group, just 

 as we used only one type of individual in our individual-level study. 

 The use of adjustment processes by groups was comparable to 

 their use by individuals, although queuing was not employed. The 

 reason for this is not clear. Figure 7 presents these findings. 



Social Institution Research 



My colleagues and I have conducted two investigations on 

 informational overload of social organizations. In one project, 



