Bottom-up and top-down contributors to pilot perceptions of display clutter in advanced flight deck technologies

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1180-1184

  Alexander, Amy L ^a   Stelzer, Emily M ^a   Kim, Sang Hwan ^b   Kaber, David B ^b  

^a APTIMA INC   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DATA-DRIVEN; ENHANCED VISION SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DECKS; FLIGHT EFFICIENCY; FLIGHT INFORMATION; FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATIONS; INFORMATION DENSITY; NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM; PILOT PERCEPTIONS; TOPDOWN;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 77951524081     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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