Transitioning to future air traffic management: Effects of imperfect automation on controller attention and performance

Human Factors

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-425

  Rovira, Ericka ^a   Parasuraman, Raja ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

air traffic control; air traffic management; automation; eye movement; NextGen; trust

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE PROVIDERS; AIR TRAFFICS; CONFLICT DETECTION; CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION; CONFLICT PROBES; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FALSE ALARMS; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MANEUVERING AIRCRAFTS; NEXTGEN; OPERATOR PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY TASK; SUBJECTIVE RATING; TRUST;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRPORT BUILDINGS; ALARM SYSTEMS; AUTOMATION; CONTROL TOWERS; ERRORS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBES; STATE FEEDBACK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77958510374     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720810375692     Document Type: Article

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