Indexing spatial ability across team size: The influence of the weakest link, strongest link, and aggregate ability on performance with multiple unmanned systems

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 899-903

  Sellers, Brittany ^a   Fincannon, Thomas ^a   Jentsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL ABILITIES; TEAM SIZE; UNMANNED SYSTEM;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 81855161521     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181311551187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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