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Operator Strategies Under Varying Conditions Of Workload, Ruth Justine Arnegard
Operator Strategies Under Varying Conditions Of Workload, Ruth Justine Arnegard
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The present study attempted to operationally define and measure strategic behavior in a complex multiple task environment. The Multi-Attribute Task battery was developed to simulate various aspects of flight and consisted of an auditory communication task, monitoring tasks, a tracking task, a resource management task which allowed a wide range of responding patterns, and a scheduling window which allowed operators to predict changes in workload. This battery was validated for its sensitivity to strategic behavior and baseline measures for each individual task were collected.
Twenty-four undergraduate and graduate students then performed the battery for four 64-minute sessions which took place …