Intelligent support for Human Oversight: Integrating Reinforcement Learning with Gaze Simulation to Personalize Highlighting

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Authors: Thorsten Klößner, João Marcelo Evangelista Belo, Zekun Wu, Jörg Hoffmann, Anna Maria Feit
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Abstract

Interfaces for human oversight must effectively support users' situation awareness under time-critical conditions. We explore reinforcement learning (RL)-based UI adaptation to personalize alerting strategies that balance the benefits of highlighting critical events against the cognitive costs of interruptions. To enable learning without real-world deployment, we integrate models of users' gaze behavior to simulate attentional dynamics during monitoring. Using a delivery-drone oversight scenario, we present initial results suggesting that RL-based highlighting can outperform static, rule-based approaches and discuss challenges of intelligent oversight support.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Usability and User Interface Design Personal Information Management and User Behavior

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
9 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint