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Risk Perception In Ecological Information Systems, J. Comans, C. Borst, M.M. Van Paassen, M. Mulder
Risk Perception In Ecological Information Systems, J. Comans, C. Borst, M.M. Van Paassen, M. Mulder
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
One issue that regularly occurs in the context of ecological information systems is that these systems can invite operators to migrate to the limits of system performance. This could lead to the assumption that ecological systems are thus inherently unsafe. We argue, however, that the source of this issue is tied to a modeling problem of the work domain. That is, the majority of ecological systems predominantly model the physical or causal structure of the work domain, thereby neglecting the intentional structure. Many complex systems contain a mix of physical and intentional (i.e., rules, procedures, and regulations) that contribute to …
North-Up, Track-Up, And Camera-Up Navigation Of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Sheryl L. Chappell, R. Brian Valimont
North-Up, Track-Up, And Camera-Up Navigation Of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Sheryl L. Chappell, R. Brian Valimont
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
To optimize UAV reconnaissance operations, direction of viewing and direction of travel must be allowed to diverge. Our challenge was to design a control and display strategy to allow the operator to easily look where they’re going, go where they’re looking, and look and go in different directions. Two methods of control were devised to align traveling forward, viewing forward and commanding forward. The operator can command the UAS to turn to camera or command the camera to point in line with the direction of travel (eyes forward). We have also introduced a new camera-up map orientation. The operator can …
Able Flight: Increasing Aviation Opportunities For People With Disabilities, Jennifer Kirschner, Branden Avery, Wes Majors, Erin Bowen, Bernard Wulle
Able Flight: Increasing Aviation Opportunities For People With Disabilities, Jennifer Kirschner, Branden Avery, Wes Majors, Erin Bowen, Bernard Wulle
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Access to certain aviation careers has traditionally been limited for people with disabilities. Although the Americans with Disability (ADA) Act of 1990 mandated that disabled applicants be given equal consideration for jobs for which they can perform the essential job functions, stereotypes and lack of knowledge about career opportunities may prevent qualified disabled people from apply in the first place. In order to remove perceived barriers to participation and to increase the visibility of opportunities for both life success and employment within the aviation industry for people with disabilities, the Purdue University Aviation Technology department has begun to participate in …
Adaptive Automation For Multiple Aerial Vehicle Supervisory Control: Impact Of Changing Automation Levels, Heath Ruff, Gloria Calhoun, Crystal Miller, Chad Breeden
Adaptive Automation For Multiple Aerial Vehicle Supervisory Control: Impact Of Changing Automation Levels, Heath Ruff, Gloria Calhoun, Crystal Miller, Chad Breeden
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Adaptive automation may help balance system autonomy with human interaction in supervisory control environments. Recent results have demonstrated a benefit of performance-based adaptive automation in a multiple unmanned aerial vehicle simulation. However, these findings may instead reflect an attentional benefit from having the task autonomy level change. A betweensubjects experimental design was employed to test this possibility. In one group task autonomy level changed with task performance; in the other group levels changed as a function of time elapsed. The results indicated that performance did not significantly differ between the two groups. However, there were significantly more autonomy level changes …
Supervisory Control State Diagrams To Depict Autonomous Activity, Michael Patzek, Clayton Rothwell, George Bearden, Benjamin Ausdenmoore, Allen Rowe
Supervisory Control State Diagrams To Depict Autonomous Activity, Michael Patzek, Clayton Rothwell, George Bearden, Benjamin Ausdenmoore, Allen Rowe
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
As capabilities of autonomous systems expand, traditional geospatial information displays used for supervisory control will likely need to be augmented with more explicit information on higherorder autonomous activities, such as goal-directed task selection, situation assessment, decisionmaking, and planning. We present a supervisory control interface for higher-order autonomy based on finite state machine diagrams called Layered Pattern Recognizable Interfaces for State Machines (L-PRISM). L-PRISM is a hierarchically arranged set of nested state diagrams coupled with a temporal control and payload viewer. The mission goals and tasks are at the top-most layer and sub-tasks and states at lower layers, providing varying levels …
A Cognitive Engineering Approach For Showing Feasibility Margins On An In-Flight Planning, Sami Lini, Bruno Vallespir, Sylvain Hourlier, Franck Labat, Pierre-Alexandre Favier
A Cognitive Engineering Approach For Showing Feasibility Margins On An In-Flight Planning, Sami Lini, Bruno Vallespir, Sylvain Hourlier, Franck Labat, Pierre-Alexandre Favier
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The purpose of the ASAP (Anticipation Support for Aeronautical Planning) project was to design an anticipation support for civilian pilots. In this context, we undertook a cognitive engineering approach. Interviews with pilots and in-situ tasks analysis were performed. Helping pilots better anticipate can consist in showing them the room for maneuver for every single task to perform. At first an activity modeling serves as a basis for describing these tasks during a specific phase of the flight (descent/approach). It confirms a need for a visual representation of temporal feasibility margins. According to the constraints of the flight plan (e.g. speed, …
The Impact Of Binaural Beat Technology On Vigilance Task Performance, Mental Workload, And Psychological Stress, Elizabeth A. Shoda, Gary N. Burns
The Impact Of Binaural Beat Technology On Vigilance Task Performance, Mental Workload, And Psychological Stress, Elizabeth A. Shoda, Gary N. Burns
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Vigilance research dates back to WWII when psychologists attempted to explain why sonar radar operators were missing signals allowing German U-boats to pass undetected. This error in vigilance was termed the vigilance decrement. Since WWII the vigilance decrement has been responsible for a number of military, commercial, and industrial accidents and deaths. One possible area of interest which may help to solve this problem is called binaural beat technology. Binaural beats operate by entraining the brain in a frequency following response. Depending on the frequency of the binaural beat, different psychological and physiological results can occur. The current study examined …
Air Transport Incident And Accidents Caused By Crew Situation Awareness Errors, Robert L. Arnold
Air Transport Incident And Accidents Caused By Crew Situation Awareness Errors, Robert L. Arnold
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
This paper examines the various aircrew situation evaluation errors that resulted in one near fatal commercial airline incident and two fatal commercial airline accidents. The incident and accidents involved events that distracted the aircrews from a timely and accurate evaluation of the emergency situations that confronted them. Summary narratives of the incident and each of accidents are provided. Each emergency situation is examined to identify the distractions that caused the crews to misinterpret the nature of the emergencies they faced. Situation awareness as a construct is briefly reviewed. Recommendations for situation awareness training for aircrews are made. Recommendations are also …
Experimental Effective Intensity Of Steady And Flashing Light Emitting Diodes For Aircraft Anti-Collision Lighting, Chris Yakopcic, John Puttmann, Benjamin R. Kunz ., Clara Ang, Ashley Mcpherson, David Santez, Matt Donovan, John Skarzynski, Joshua Trick, Andrew Mead ., Nelda Milburn ., Nazih E. Khaouly
Experimental Effective Intensity Of Steady And Flashing Light Emitting Diodes For Aircraft Anti-Collision Lighting, Chris Yakopcic, John Puttmann, Benjamin R. Kunz ., Clara Ang, Ashley Mcpherson, David Santez, Matt Donovan, John Skarzynski, Joshua Trick, Andrew Mead ., Nelda Milburn ., Nazih E. Khaouly
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Research was conducted to determine the effective intensity of flashing lights that incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LEDs require less power and have the ability to flash without the addition of moving parts. Compared with incandescent bulbs, however, LEDs yield a different spectral output and a different intensity profile when flashing. To determine the effect of these differences on a viewer’s ability to detect the light, we examined LEDs to determine if they can successfully replace legacy technologies/assemblies on aircraft. The LED was displayed to naïve subjects to establish visibility thresholds using an automated system to drive the LED with variable …
Evaluation Of A Peripherally-Located Instrument Landing Display Under Dual-Task Conditions, Zachary Spielman, Joseph Vargas, Taleri Hammack, Nathan Bulkey, Roger Lew, Brian P. Dyre
Evaluation Of A Peripherally-Located Instrument Landing Display Under Dual-Task Conditions, Zachary Spielman, Joseph Vargas, Taleri Hammack, Nathan Bulkey, Roger Lew, Brian P. Dyre
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Previous research found that a peripherally-located instrument landing system (ILS) embedded in a head-up display (HUD) supported equal or better control of glide-path during simulated approach and landing than the traditional centrally-located MIL-STD ILS. Here, we used a dualtask paradigm to examine whether gains in landing precision with the peripheral ILS are also accompanied by a reduction in mental workload. Participants controlled glide-path during simulated instrument landings while simultaneously performing a secondary task monitoring a head-down engine display for fault states. We varied the type of ILS (peripheral vs. MIL-STD) and assessed mental workload using the NASA-TLX and primary and …
Improving Student Retention With The Creation Of A Student Chapter Of A Professional Organization, John H. Mott, Hunter R. Musselman
Improving Student Retention With The Creation Of A Student Chapter Of A Professional Organization, John H. Mott, Hunter R. Musselman
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Significant research demonstrating the connection between student retention and student-peer interaction is extant. Such interaction is facilitated by the creation and growth of a student chapter of a professional organization that welcomes students who might not be otherwise engaged on campus and encourages their involvement in the organization. Benefits are multiplied when the organization is located at a joint facility which houses a lower two-year program feeding an upper two-year completion program, as it can be shown that the students groups who benefit the most from student-peer interaction are students indigenous to the institution and transfer students from two-year institutions. …
The National Aviation Operational Monitoring Service: Development Of A Survey Methodology, Mary M. Connors, Robert Mauro, Irving C. Statler
The National Aviation Operational Monitoring Service: Development Of A Survey Methodology, Mary M. Connors, Robert Mauro, Irving C. Statler
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The National Aviation Operational Monitoring Service (NAOMS) was a research project designed to develop a methodology for acquiring information on changes over time in safety-related events occurring in the National Airspace System. A scientifically designed survey was used to measure the experiences of front-line operators and to evaluate trends that could compromise safety. Information from NAOMS could be the first indication of a developing situation, providing the basis for further investigation using other sources. This paper reports on a demonstration of the NAOMS concept through development and conduct of a survey of air carrier pilots. Data from over 18,000 randomly …
A Collaborative Forum For The Distribution Of Multidisciplinary Scholarship In The Open-Access Environment: The Inception Of The Advanced Aviation Analytics Institute For Research (A3ir-Core), Brent Bowen, Erin Bowen, Thomas Carney, Jennifer Kirschner, Chien-Tsung Lu, Reilly Meehan, John Mott, Clay Wildt
A Collaborative Forum For The Distribution Of Multidisciplinary Scholarship In The Open-Access Environment: The Inception Of The Advanced Aviation Analytics Institute For Research (A3ir-Core), Brent Bowen, Erin Bowen, Thomas Carney, Jennifer Kirschner, Chien-Tsung Lu, Reilly Meehan, John Mott, Clay Wildt
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Identifying the need for a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary research team to investigate various issues within the aviation industry, Purdue University’s Department of Aviation Technology has organized the Advanced Aviation Analytics Institute for Research—A Center of Research Excellence (A3IR-CORE). A thorough meta-analytic review of collaborative network theory was the impetus for the organizational development of this forum. Focused on engaging a wide range of knowledge, talents, and experiences, this preeminent institute will fill the traditional void of academic material in the aviation industry by actively involving undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in a collaborative environment that increases the dissemination of research …
Synthetic Task Environments And The Three Body Problem, John M. Flach
Synthetic Task Environments And The Three Body Problem, John M. Flach
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The challenge for our panel was to address the opportunities and challenges of synthetic task environments for basic research on human performance in sociotechnical systems. In doing this, the classical three-body problem from physics is used as a metaphor to illustrate the contrast between dyadic and triadic semiotic models of cognitive systems. In the context of this metaphor, synthetic task environments offer a means to bring some of the additional complexities of triadic semiotic systems under experimental control where converging empirical methods can help to titrate through the additional complexity to distill basic theoretical insights that will potentially have practical …
Extending Mission Operations Safty Audits (Mosa) Research To An Indian Sub Continent Island Airline, Sue Burdekin
Extending Mission Operations Safty Audits (Mosa) Research To An Indian Sub Continent Island Airline, Sue Burdekin
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The aim of the Mission Operations Safety Audit (MOSA) research is to validate behavioural self-reported data from professional pilots, so that management can have confidence in this safety-critical debriefing information, and feed it back into the training continuum. In doing so, a safety loop can be established in a cost effective, operationally specific and timely program of data collection. The first study was conducted in a military F/A-18 Hornet simulator. Pilots were asked to self-report on their own operational performance across a predetermined selection of behavioural categories designed in conjunction with subject matter experts. To further test the MOSA methodology, …
Enhancing Helicopter-Pilot Obstacle Avoidance Using A Binocular Head-Mounted Display, Dennis B. Beringer, Gena Drechsler
Enhancing Helicopter-Pilot Obstacle Avoidance Using A Binocular Head-Mounted Display, Dennis B. Beringer, Gena Drechsler
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Twenty-three helicopter pilots flew a simulated Bell 206 in Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) scenarios with obstructions present. In Study 1, the head-mounted display (HMD) showed highway-in-the-sky guidance but not obstructions. Study 2 added obstructions (broadcast towers, power lines) in the HMD. Pilots detected and avoided HMD-depicted obstructions earlier than those only shown out the window. Wire strikes were frequent without HMD depictions of obstructions but were greatly reduced when these objects were shown in the HMD. They were completely eliminated when a red warning fence was overlaid on the power-line graphic at the point it transected the flight path. …
An Investigation And Analysis Of The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex In A Vibration Environment, Daniel Uribe, Michael E. Miller, Suzanne Smith
An Investigation And Analysis Of The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex In A Vibration Environment, Daniel Uribe, Michael E. Miller, Suzanne Smith
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Helmet Mounted Displays (HMDs) and their integration into military systems have greatly improved. However, previous research has demonstrated degraded visual performance when an HMD user is subject to whole-body, low-frequency vibration. This effect has been attributed to the effect of the Vesitbular-Ocular Reflex as it stabilizes the eye with respect to the external environment, causing eye movement with respect to the HMD. This research sought to understand the VOR as a function of whole-body, low-frequency, z-axis vibration. A human subject experiment was executed to measure the effect of whole-body, low-frequency vibration on eye movements recorded with Electro-oculagraphy (EOG) while performing …
Visual Perspective Illusions As Aviation Mishap Causal Factors, Frederick R. Patterson, Richard D. Arnold ., Henry P. Williams .
Visual Perspective Illusions As Aviation Mishap Causal Factors, Frederick R. Patterson, Richard D. Arnold ., Henry P. Williams .
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
In the past, aviation spatial disorientation (SD) has been considered predominantly an isolated vestibular problem, associated with lack of outside visual cues. Recent research has challenged the prevailing position by suggesting pilot SD is more commonly caused by problems with cognitive processing of visual spatial strategies. Among the confounding visual stimuli known to occur in-flight, several visual perspective illusions have been identified as reoccurring mishap causal factors. These illusions occur in part because humans exhibit a strong instinctive tendency toward considering themselves level with distant horizontal references, regardless of their true altitude. Also contributing to perspective illusion occurrence is the …
Human-Centered Automation As Effective Work Design, Amy R. Pritchett, Karen M. Feigh
Human-Centered Automation As Effective Work Design, Amy R. Pritchett, Karen M. Feigh
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
This paper describes how the challenge of human-centered automation can be recast as the challenge of, first, designing the work performed by a team of agents and then, second, allocating this work amongst all the agents, human and automated, in support of their own needs and capabilities and to foster team goals. The paper starts by formally describing the construct of work as a structure which can be formally analyzed and around which other design decisions can be made. It then reviews the requirements of effective function allocation within a team to enable their collective taskwork, and to provide the …
Mismatches Between Automation And Human Strategies: An Investigation Into Future Air Traffic Management Decision Aiding, Carl A. Westin, Clark Borst, Brian Hilburn
Mismatches Between Automation And Human Strategies: An Investigation Into Future Air Traffic Management Decision Aiding, Carl A. Westin, Clark Borst, Brian Hilburn
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Future air traffic management will have to rely on more, and more sophisticated, automation to accommodate predicted air traffic. However, studies across various domains have shown that user acceptance of automation decreases when the authority of decision-making automation increases. As a result, low user acceptance could lead to disuse of an automated tool and threaten potential safety and performance benefits. Through a series of human-in-the-loop simulations, the work described in this paper examined the interacting effects of air traffic complexity and strategic conformance, i.e., the fit between human and machine strategies, on automation acceptance in a conflict detection and resolution …
Designing For Joint Human-Automation Cognition Through A Shared Representation Of 4d Trajectory Management, Rolf Klomp, Clark Borst, M.M. (René) Van Paassen, Max Mulder, Dennis Nieuwenhuisen, Anneloes Maij, Martijn Mooij, Annemiek Van Drunen
Designing For Joint Human-Automation Cognition Through A Shared Representation Of 4d Trajectory Management, Rolf Klomp, Clark Borst, M.M. (René) Van Paassen, Max Mulder, Dennis Nieuwenhuisen, Anneloes Maij, Martijn Mooij, Annemiek Van Drunen
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The current evolution of the ATM system, led by the SESAR programme in Europe and the NextGen programme in the US, is foreseen to bring a paradigm shift to the work domain of the air traffic controller. A focal point is the introduction of the 4D (space and time) trajectory as a means for strategic management rather than the current –hands on– method of control. In both programmes a central role is foreseen for the human operator, aided by higher levels of automation and advanced decision support tools. However, many other complex socio-technical domains have shown that the transition to …
Pilot Decision Making: Modeling Choices In Go-Around Situations, Andreas Haslbeck, Armin Eichinger, Klaus Bengler
Pilot Decision Making: Modeling Choices In Go-Around Situations, Andreas Haslbeck, Armin Eichinger, Klaus Bengler
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Pilot decision making is highly influenced by cockpit information displays. Decision quality could benefit from knowledge of temporal and individual influences on decision making under time pressure that suggests leverage points for cockpit or process design. In a recent flight simulator experiment, airline pilots were presented a realistic landing scenario. During the approach phase, instruments indicated weather conditions suggesting a go-around decision to be taken. The alternative decision consists of landing in spite of illegitimate strong tailwind. Gaze tracking analysis identified, whether relevant display information was picked up by the pilots. The time between checking the aircraft’s wind indicator and …
Assessing The Effects Of Off-Nominal Conditions On Nextgen Air Traffic Control Operations, Michael W. Sawyer, Katherine A. Berry, Edward M. Austrian
Assessing The Effects Of Off-Nominal Conditions On Nextgen Air Traffic Control Operations, Michael W. Sawyer, Katherine A. Berry, Edward M. Austrian
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) proposes many new tools and capabilities to meet goals of increasing the capacity, safety, and efficiency in the National Airspace System (NAS). This effort aims to assess the potential effects of off-nominal conditions on human performance in the NextGen environment. To complete this assessment, a comprehensive list of off-nominal conditions with potential NextGen consequences was developed. This condition list was then compared against the changes proposed in each NextGen Operational Improvement to determine the potential positive and negative effects on human performance in terms of safety and efficiency. The most frequently cited off-nominal …
Arrival Management Decisions By Visualising Uncertainty, M. Tielrooij, C. Borst, M.M. Van Paassen, M. Mulder
Arrival Management Decisions By Visualising Uncertainty, M. Tielrooij, C. Borst, M.M. Van Paassen, M. Mulder
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
To balance the flow of inbound aircraft and the capacity at airports, more and more Air Navigation Service Providers use Arrival Management (AMAN) systems. These provide decision support to sequence managers in planning inbound flights to optimize capacity, flight efficiency, and predictability. All AMANs are based on predictions of an aircraft's arrival time. Due to various disturbances the error of these predictions grows larger with the prediction horizon. Air Traffic Controllers will therefore not be able to effectively use the support at a certain horizon due to the lack of confidence in the provided information. This paper proposes and tests …
Collaboration, Coordination And Information Requirements For The Support Of An Airport Departure Metering Program, Philip J. Smith, Kristen Weaver, Alicia Fernendes, Amy Spencer, Mark Evans, Ken Durham
Collaboration, Coordination And Information Requirements For The Support Of An Airport Departure Metering Program, Philip J. Smith, Kristen Weaver, Alicia Fernendes, Amy Spencer, Mark Evans, Ken Durham
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
A simulation system called the Collaborative Airport Traffic System (CATS) has been developed to study human factors issues that arise in the design of a departure metering program to manage the inventory delivered to the spots at an airport over time. CATS is designed to support the role of a Departure Reservoir Coordinator (DRC), whose job is to: • Manage the inventory at the spots so that the departures queues maintain a “reasonable length” (long enough to avoid having the queue run dry; short enough to avoid unnecessarily high fuel consumption and long tarmac times). • Manage the inventory at …
Modeling Human And Animal Collision Avoidance Strategies, Ioana Koglbaer, Reinhard Braunstingl, Thomas Haberkorn
Modeling Human And Animal Collision Avoidance Strategies, Ioana Koglbaer, Reinhard Braunstingl, Thomas Haberkorn
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
In this paper we propose technical solutions for overcoming pilots’ limitations in handling collision situations in visual flight. An analysis of pilots’ requirements for future development of such systems shows that a surprisingly large proportion of pilots would prefer automated systems which will allow decision and performance of the avoidance maneuvers, and recapturing of the initial route by the autopilot. For building up a model of collision avoidance we reviewed previous findings on collision avoidance strategies of pilots, air traffic controllers and pedestrians. Additionally, we reconsidered studies on collision avoidance strategies of birds and insects. Finally, we discuss new challenges …
Aviation Safety Evaluation By Wavelet Kernel-Based Support Vector Machine, Chang Ming, You Xuqun
Aviation Safety Evaluation By Wavelet Kernel-Based Support Vector Machine, Chang Ming, You Xuqun
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
In order to obtain the excellent evaluation effects, the wavelet kernel function is used as the kernel function of support vector machine,and the model is defined as wavelet kernel-based support vector machine.Thus, wavelet kernel-based support vector machine is applied to aviation safety evaluation. The two dimensional input vector of the training samples is employed to construct the training samples.The traditional radial basis function kernel-based support vector machine is used to compare with the wavelet kernel-based support vector machine.The testing results show that the evaluation error of the wavelet kernel-based support vector machine belongs to the range from 0.015 to 0.04,and …
Individual Pilot Factors Predict Simulated Runway Incursion Outcomes, Kathleen Van Benthem, Chris M. Herdman
Individual Pilot Factors Predict Simulated Runway Incursion Outcomes, Kathleen Van Benthem, Chris M. Herdman
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
Runway incursions are a critical issue facing the aviation industry, with general aviation accounting for 77 percent of runway incursions involving pilot deviations. The present study reports on the value of individual pilot factors in predicting the outcome of a simulated surprise runway incursion. Significant predictors of runway incursion management were pilot rating, self-rated awareness of the impact of other aircraft on flight, and perceptions of the mental demands of the flight tasks. In light of the aviation industry’s reliance upon pilots’ self-monitoring of competence, strategies for reducing runway incursions can capitalize on evidence that higher self-rated ability to maintain …
Validating A Model Of Automation Supporting The Robotic Arm Controller, Christopher D. Wickens, Angelia Sebok, A. Marc Gacy, Huiyang Li, Nadine Sarter
Validating A Model Of Automation Supporting The Robotic Arm Controller, Christopher D. Wickens, Angelia Sebok, A. Marc Gacy, Huiyang Li, Nadine Sarter
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
A simulation of the space robotic arm navigation task is described. This simulation is used in both a human-in-the-loop simulation experiment to generate human performance data, and is coupled with a computational model of the human: MORIS, whose outputs are compared to the human operator data for both nominal conditions at three levels of operation, and for automation-failure conditions. Scan mediated model predictions of automation failure response are validated by the human performance data.
Detecting Fatigue In Commercial Flight Operations Using Physiological Measures, Lisa C. Thomas, Kimberly Craig, Christopher Gast, Robert Grube, Mike Muhm, Emma Romig
Detecting Fatigue In Commercial Flight Operations Using Physiological Measures, Lisa C. Thomas, Kimberly Craig, Christopher Gast, Robert Grube, Mike Muhm, Emma Romig
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2013
The purpose of this study is to determine whether any technology exists to unobtrusively, reliably, and accurately detect symptoms of fatigue in real time before fatigue affects performance. Airline pilots are fitted with a variety of physiological measurement devices (e.g. EEG, blink rate, etc.) that have been demonstrated in the literature to be related to fatigue. Each crew of two pilots performs simulated gate-to-gate flight operations under rested and fatigued conditions, during which physiologic and performance parameters are continuously monitored. In addition, audio, video, and simulator data are recorded for post-session evaluation. Ultimately, if one or more technologies proves effective, …