Boredom and distraction in multiple unmanned vehicle supervisory control

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-47

  Cummings, M L ^a   Mastracchio, C ^a   Thornburg, K M ^a   Mkrtchyan, A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

boredom; distraction; human supervisory control; multiple unmanned vehicles; task load; workload

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; AUTOMATION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MONITORING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROCESS CONTROL; SCHEDULING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

BOREDOM; DECENTRALIZED ALGORITHMS; DISTRACTION; HUMAN SUPERVISORY CONTROL; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEMS; VEHICLE SUPERVISORY CONTROLS; WORKLOAD;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 84876374052     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iws011     Document Type: Article

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