Modeling Performance and Alertness. The QinetiQ Approach

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Belyavin, Andrew J ^a   Spencer, Michael B ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alertness modeling; Human performance modeling; IPME; SAFE

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALERTNESS; AVIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QINETIQ MODEL; RESPONSE TIME; SLEEP; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALGORITHMS; AVIATION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 1442304816     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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