The classification of vigilance tasks in the real world

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1643-1655

  Donald, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air traffic controller; CCTV surveillance; Complex monitoring; Situation awareness; Vigilance taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; CCTV SURVEILLANCE; COMPLEX MONITORING; SITUATION AWARENESS; VIGILANCE TAXONOMY;

TAXONOMIES;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MONITORING; OPERATOR; TAXONOMY;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; AWARENESS; CLASSIFICATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 55049113717     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802327219     Document Type: Article

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