The application of an alertness model to ultra-long-range civil air operations

Somnologie

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Spencer, M B ^a   Robertson, K A ^a,b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b A50 Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircrew; Alertness; Fatigue; Mathematical models; Tiredness

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REST; SLEEP TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 34548556414     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11818-007-0310-z     Document Type: Article

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