Fuzzy-TLX: Using fuzzy integrals for evaluating human mental workload with NASA-Task Load indeX in laboratory and field studies

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 752-763

  Mouzé Amady, Marc ^a   Raufaste, Eric ^b   Prade, Henri ^c   Meyer, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

ageing; fuzzy integral; NASA TLX; stress

Indexed keywords

AGEING; CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE; FUZZY INTEGRAL; HUMAN MENTAL WORKLOADS; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; MENTAL WORKLOAD ASSESSMENTS; NASA-TLX; SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; STRESSES;

NASA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878100564     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.776702     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Antelmi, I., de Paula, R. S., Shinzato, A. R., Peres, C. A., Mansur, A. J. and Grupi, C. J. 2004. Influence of Age, Gender, Body Mass Index, and Functional Capacity on Heart Rate Variability in a Cohort of Subjects without Heart Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology, 93 (3): 381-385.
2. Averty, P., Collet, C., Dittmar, A., Athènes, S. and Vernet-Maury, E. 2004. Mental Workload in Air Traffic Control: An Index Constructed from Field Tests. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 75 (4): 333-341.
3. Brackstone, M. 2000. Examination of the Use of Fuzzy Sets to Describe Relative Speed Perception. Ergonomics, 43 (4): 528-542.
4. Bridger, R. S. and Brasher, K. 2011. Cognitive Task Demands, Self-Control Demands and the Mental Well-Being of Office Workers. Ergonomics, 54 (9): 830-839.
5. Byers, J. C., Bittner, A. C. and Hill, S. G. 1989. " Traditional and Raw Task Load Index (TLX) Correlations: Are Paired Comparison Necessary? ". In Advances in Industrial Ergonomicsand Safety, Edited by: Mital, A. 481-485. London: Taylor & Francis.
6. Chen, S. M. 1996. New Methods for Subjective Mental Workload Assessment and Fuzzy Risk Analysis. Cybernetics and Systems, 27: 449-472.
7. François, M., Liévin, D. and et Mouzé-Amady, M. 2007. Activité, charge de travail et stress du personnel navigant des compagnies aériennes: la situation dans les courts et moyens courriers. Documents pour le Medecin du Travail, 111: 307-333. http://www.inrs.fr/accueil/dms/inrs/CataloguePapier/DMT/TI-TC-115/tc115.pdf
8. Gilles, M. A., Dietrich, G., Debuyser, K., Guélin, J.-C. and Didry, G. 2007a. " Variability of Motor Strategy as a Functional Index of Adaptation to a Working Task ". In Proceedings of the14th International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA), Yokohama181-182. Japan, July 1-6
9. Gilles, M. A., Dietrich, G., Guélin, J.-C. and Didry, G. 2007b. " COM Mechanical Energy during Cyclical Working Task ". In Proceedings of European Workshop on Movement Science (EWOMS), Amsterdam128-129. The Netherlands, May 31-June 2
10. Gregoire, J., Tuck, S., Hughson, R. L. and Yamamoto, Y. 1996. Heart Rate Variability at Rest and Exercise: Influence of Age, Gender, and Physical Training. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 21 (6): 455-470.
11. Hart, S. G. 2006. " NASA-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX); 20 Years Later ". In Human Factor and ErgonomicsSociety Annual Meeting Proceedings, General sessions 904-908. October 2006, Vol. 50, No. 9.
12. Hart, S. G. and Staveland, L. E. 1988. " Development of NASA-TLX (Task Load Index): Results of Empirical and Theoretical Research ". In Human Mental Worload, Edited by: Hancock, P. A. and Meshkati, N. 139-183. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
13. Hoshikawa, Y. and Yamamoto, Y. 1997. Effects of Stroop Color-Word Conflict Test on the Autonomic Nervous System Responses. American Journal of Physiology, Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 272 (3): H1113-H1121.
14. ISO 10075-3. 2005. Ergonomic Principles Related to Mental Workload-Part 3: Principles and Requirements Concerning Methods for Measuring and Assessing Mental Workload
15. Johnson, A. and Widyanti, A. 2011. Cultural Influences on the Measurement of Subjective Mental Workload. Ergonomics, 54 (6): 509-518.
16. Liévin, D. and et François, M. 1997. Intégration d'une tâche de contrôle dans l'activité d'opérateurs de fabrication: le cas d'un atelier d'électronique. Les Notes Scientifiques et Techniques de l'INRS, 153: 4-28.
17. Liu, T. S. and Wang, M. J. J. 1994. Subjective Assessment of Mental Workload. A Fuzzy Linguistic Multi-Criteria Approach. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 62: 155-165.
18. Murofushi, T. and Sugeno, M. 1991. A Theory of Fuzzy Measures: Representations, the Choquet Integral, and Null Sets. Journal of mathematical Analysis and Applications, 159 (2): 532-549.
19. Noyes, J. M. and Bruneau, D. P. J. 2007. A Self-Analysis of the NASA-TLX Workload Measure. Ergonomics, 50 (4): 514-519.
20. Nygren, T. E. 1991. Psychometric Properties of Subjective Workload Measurement Techniques: Implication for use in Assessment of Perceived Mental Workload. Human Factors, 63 (1): 17-33.
21. Prade, H., Rico, A., Serrurier, M. and Raufaste, E. 2009. " Eliciting Sugeno Integrals: Methodology and a Case Study ". In Proceedings European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty, ECSQARU'09, Verona, Italy, Edited by: Sossai, C. and Chemello, G. 712-723. Springer. LNCS 5590
22. Raufaste, E. and Prade, H. 2006. " Sugeno Integrals in Subjective Mental Workload Evaluation: Application to Flying Personnel Data ". In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU'06)564-570.
23. Sokal, R. R. and Rohlf, F. J. 1995. " Biometry ". In The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, 3rd ed., New York: WH Freeman & Co.
24. Stroop, J. R. 1935. Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 18: 643-662.
25. Sugeno, M. 1974. "Theory of Fuzzy Integral and its Application.". PhD diss., Tokyo Institute of Technology
26. Sugeno, M. 1977. " Fuzzy Measures and Fuzzy Integrals: A Survey ". In Fuzzy Automata and Decision Processes, Edited by: Gupta, M. M., Saridis, G. N. and Gaines, B. R. 89-102. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
27. University of Kuopio. 2008. Kubios HRV 2.0.http://kubios.uku.fi/
28. Von Borell, E., Langbein, J., Després, G., Hansen, S., Leterrier, C., Marchant-Forde, J. Marchant-Forde, R. 2007. Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Autonomic Regulation of Cardiac Activity for Assessing Stress and Welfare in Farm Animals-A Review. Physiology and Behavior, 92 (3): 293-316.
29. Webber, C. L. and Zbilut, J. P. 1994. Dynamical Assessment of Physiological Systems and States Using Recurrence Plot Strategies. Journal of Applied Physiology, 76: 965-973.
30. Zbilut, J. P., Thomasson, N. and Webber, C. L. 2002. Recurrence Quantification Analysis as a Tool for Nonlinear Exploration of Nonstationary Cardiac Signals. Medical Engineering & Physics, 24: 53-60.