NTL Record

Title Aiding Planning in Air Traffic Control: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Perceptual Information Integration
Record ID 39871
Personal Name
Creator
Canning, J. M.; Gronlund, S. D.; Johansson, Joakim; Moertl, Peter M.; Dougherty, Michael R. P.; Mills, S. H.
Corporate Creator University of Oklahoma; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.); SBC Technology Resources, Inc.; White Oak Technologies, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publication Date 20021200
Language English
Abstract Prior research examined how controllers plan in their traditional environment and identified various information uncertainty by perceptually representing important constraints. This included integrating spatial information on the radar screen with discrete information (planned sequences of air traffic). Canning et al. (1999) and Moertl et al. (2000) reported improved planning performance and decreased workload in the planning aid condition. The purpose of this paper was to determine the source of these performance improvements. Analysis of computer interactions using loglinear modeling showed that the planning interface led to less repetitive, but more integrated, information retrieval gave rise to the performance improvements. Potential applications of this research include the design and evaluation of interface automation that keeps users in active control by modification of perceptual task characteristics.
Rosap ID dot:40479
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40479
TRT Terms Air traffic controllers; Air travel; Aviation safety; Human factors; Air traffic control
General Subjects Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
00935698
Contract Number 97-G-037
Report Number DOT/FAA/AM-02/22
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39800/39871/0222.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository