Display dimensionality and conflict geometry effects on maneuver preferences for resolving in-flight conflicts

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 576-588

  Thomas, Lisa C ^a,c   Wickens, Christopher D ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCKPIT DISPLAY OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION; CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS; EN-ROUTE; FLIGHT CONFLICTS; FLIGHT PLANNING; GEOMETRY EFFECTS; ORTHOGONAL VIEWS; PERSPECTIVE VIEWS; TIME PRESSURES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; COCKPIT DISPLAY OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; DATA DISPLAY; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 52049105406     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X312288     Document Type: Article

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