Automation in future air traffic management: Effects of decision aid reliability on controller performance and mental workload

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-49

  Metzger, Ulla ^a,c   Parasuraman, Raja ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHE BAHN AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DECISION THEORY;

AUTOMATED CONDITIONS; SIMULATED FREE FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AVIATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC; WORKLOAD;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AUTOMATION; AVIATION; DATA DISPLAY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17844371931     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720053653802     Document Type: Article

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