Workload variation, intrinsic risk and utility in a simulated air traffic control task: Evidence for compensatory effects

Safety Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 87-101

  Desmond, Paula A ^a   Hoyes, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

ACCIDENT LOSS; RISK HOMEOSTASIS THEORY; WORKLOAD;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SIMULATION; THEORY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030087278     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(96)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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