Identifying black swans in nextgen: Predicting human performance in off-nominal conditions

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 638-651

  Wickens, Christopher D ^a,b   Hooey, Becky L ^c   Gore, Brian F ^c   Sebok, Angelia ^a   Koenicke, Corey S ^a  

^a Micro Analysis & Design Inc   (United States)

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

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUFFER STORAGE; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

CHANGE BLINDNESS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HEAD UP DISPLAYS; HIGHWAY-IN-THE SKY; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; UNEXPECTED EVENTS; VISUAL ATTENTION;

FORECASTING;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; AWARENESS; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; META ANALYSIS; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AVIATION; AWARENESS; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 76049108398     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809349709     Document Type: Article

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