Technology to support inspection training in the general aviation industry: Specification and design

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 608-620

  Sadasivan, Sajay ^a   Gramopadhye, Anand K ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based training; General aviation; Training; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES; AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS; AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS; AVIATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING; GENERAL AVIATION; INTERVENTION STRATEGIES; MULTI MEDIAS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; TASK ANALYSIS; TRAINING; TRAINING PROCESS; TRAINING SYSTEMS; TRAINING TOOLS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

AIRCRAFT; CIVIL AVIATION; ERRORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; JOB ANALYSIS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

INSPECTION;

AIRCRAFT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AVIATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67349151627     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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