Procedural errors in air traffic control: Effects of traffic density, expertise, and automation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 639-643

  Di Nocera, Francesco ^a   Fabrizi, Roberto ^a   Terenzi, Michela ^a   Ferlazzo, Fabio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automation; Expertise; Mental workload; Military; Procedural errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AVIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33745712608     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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