Factors affecting performance on a target monitoring task employing an automatic tracker

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-280

  McFadden, Sharon M ^a   Vimalachandran, Abhirami ^a   Blackmore, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated controllers; Complacency; Human computer interaction; Performance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONITORING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RELIABILITY; SENSORS;

DATA LOADS; TARGET MONITORING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; RELIABILITY; SENSOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1042292642     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130310001629748     Document Type: Article

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