Effects of air traffic geometry on pilots' conflict detection with cockpit display of traffic information

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-375

  Xu, Xidong ^a,b   Rantanen, Esa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ERROR ANALYSIS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SPEED CONTROL;

COCKPIT DISPLAY OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION (CDTI); CONFLICT ANGLE; ESTIMATION ERRORS; SAFETY IMPLICATIONS;

COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT);

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONFLICT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; DATA DISPLAY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAFETY;

EID: 34249023359     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X197008     Document Type: Article

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