Assessing operator workload and performance in expeditionary multiple unmanned vehicle control

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Clare, Andrew S ^a   Hart, Christin S ^a   Cummings, Mary L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATOR WORKLOAD; PLANNING SYSTEMS; RE-PLANNING;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78649888643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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