Effects of system automation management strategies and multi-mission operator-to-vehicle ratio on operator performance in UAV systems

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 795-810

  Liu, Dahai ^a   Wasson, Ryan ^a   Vincenzi, Dennis A ^b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation strategy; Operator performance; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Workload

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; MILITARY VEHICLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ADAPTIVE AUTOMATIONS; HUMAN MACHINES; LEVELS OF AUTOMATIONS; OPERATOR FUNCTIONS; OPERATOR PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM AUTOMA-TION; UAV MISSIONS; UAV SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 63449111563     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-008-9288-4     Document Type: Article

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