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The elemental resource model (ERM) attempts to provide a quantitative
and straightforward framework for characterizing the human system, tas
ks, and their interface. It evolved in large part from the general sys
tems performance theory (GSPT), which was developed first and independ
ently. Resource constructs are used exclusively for modeling the abstr
act idea of system performance and for subsequent measurement of perfo
rmance resource capacities. Resource economic principles provide a cau
se-and-effect description of the human-task interface. While argued to
have immediate utility, it also provides the motivation to consider c
oordinated, collaborative, long-term developments that could facilitat
e effective decision making and technology utilization in rehabilitati
on.