A sensemaking perspective on framing the mental picture of air traffic controllers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-339

  Malakis, Stathis ^a   Kontogiannis, Tom ^b  

^a Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air Traffic Control; Cognitive maps; Data frame model; Mental pictures; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CONTROL TOWERS; CONTROLLERS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; COGNITIVE MAPS; DATA/FRAME MODELS; KNOWLEDGE VARIABLES; MENTAL PICTURES; POTENTIAL CONFLICT; SENSEMAKING; TRAFFIC SITUATIONS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84868132227     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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