Air traffic control: Ocular metrics reflect cognitive complexity

Marchitto, Mauro; Benedetto, Simone; Baccino, Thierry; Cañas, José J.

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2016.05.010

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“…To distinguish the actions between Cork airport and Shannon airport color coding was used, green color represents operational steps related to Cork, and the purple color represents operational steps related to Shannon. The use of augmented visualization via PTZ operation is a new HCI issue and its impact on task performance and perceived workload do not exist in traditional physical towers (Marchitto, Benedetto, Baccino, & Canas, ). Once the overall task goal of performing MRTO was specified, the next step was to break the overall goal down into meaningful sub‐goals (Stanton, Hedge, Brookhuis, Salas, & Hendrick, ).…”

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Human performance assessment of a single air traffic controller conducting multiple remote tower operations

Kearney¹,

Zhang

et al. 2019

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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The innovative concept of multiple remote tower operations (MRTO) can maximize cost savings by applying video panorama‐based remote tower working positions, which can facilitate fewer air traffic controllers (ATCO) to provide the air traffic services (ATS) function for more airports. Five subject‐matter experts, qualified remote tower ATCOs, participated in this research work by applying the human error template (HET) and comparing workload between physical tower operations and MRTO using NASA‐TLX (Task Load Index). The results demonstrate that augmented visualization provided sufficient technical support for a single ATCO to perform tasks originally designed to be performed by four ATCOs, however, the demands of the associated multiple tasks induced significant workload. There were significant differences in ATCOs’ mental demand, temporal demand, effort, and frustration between MRTO and physical tower operations. This innovative technology may induce human–computer interaction (HCI) issues that impact ATCO's perceived workload. This creates a need for further research on how to manage ATCO's workload in a multiple remote tower environment. This research work provided scientific evidence that MRTO can achieve the objectives of Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research program. The findings can be applied to both ATCO training design and remote tower system design.

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Human performance assessment of a single air traffic controller conducting multiple remote tower operations

Kearney¹,

Zhang

et al. 2019

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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“…In order to predict motion and project aircraft position into the future, aircraft moving forward must be used as basis for a cognitive projection model, and this implied that longer and more frequencies of fixations were devoted to processing all relevant information. Although good performance was maintained in conflict trails with respect to no conflict trials, greater workload was experienced and measured (Marchitto, Benedetto, Baccino, & Canas, 2016). Alert activations are known to have a negative effect on the primary task, through the startle effect, which is manifested by increased workload, prolonged time for decision making, and reduced situation awareness all of which can contribute to human error.…”

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The impact of alerting design on air traffic controllers' response to conflict detection and resolution

Kearney¹,

Lin

2016

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

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The research aim is to develop a better design of auditory alerts that can improve air traffic controllers' situation awareness. Method: Participants are seventy-seven qualified Air Traffic Controllers. The experiment was conducted in the Air Traffic Control operational rooms of the Irish Aviation Authority at Shannon and Dublin. Participants were advised that the trials were in relation to the COOPANS Air Traffic Control. ANOVA with two between-subject factors (alerting designs and experience levels) were conducted to analyze the ATCO's response time for three critical events. Bonferroni test was performed for post-hoc analysis on mean differences of response time. Results: There is a significant difference in ATCO's response time between acoustic alert and semantic alert across STCA, APW and MSAW. No significant main effect of controllers' experience on ATCO's response time for STCA and APW. Also, there is no significant interaction between alerting design and experience level on ATCO's response time across STCA, APW and MSAW. Conclusion: The results demonstrated that the acoustic alert deployed within the COOPANS ATM system provides level-1 Situational Awareness to ATCO's compared with an semantic alert which provides not only level-1 of situational awareness for perceived alerts, but also level-2 and level-3 of situational awareness to assist ATCO understanding of critical events and therefore develop more suitable solutions. Consequently, humancentered design of a semantic alert can significantly speed up ATCO's response to STCA, and APW. Furthermore, the sematic alert could alleviate expertise differences by promoting quicker response times for both novice and experienced air traffic controllers.

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“…Представленные паттерны характеристик могут быть обусловлены как непосредственно особенностями организации визуальной среды, так и более комплексными причинами, такими как психоэмоциональное состояние или когнитивная нагрузка на пользователя П300 ИМК. Так, ряд исследований связывает увеличение длительности фиксаций в ЗИ при выполнении задач, требующих повышенного внимания, с возрастающей когнитивной нагрузкой (De Greef, 2009;Marchitto et al, 2016). Представляется вероятным, что для участников настоящего исследования набор текста при помощи спеллера с небольшими по размеру стимулами был более сложным и провоцировал увеличение когнитивной нагрузки.…”

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Objective eye movements during typing in P300 BCI: the effect of stimuli size and spacing

Pronina¹,

Grigoryan²,

Kaplan³

2018

MSUPsyJ

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а. С. Пронина, р. к. Григорян, а. Я. каплан актуальность. Возможность замещения у пациентов каналов вербальной и двигательной коммуникации, утраченных вследствие инсультов и нейротравм, в настоящее время активно исследуется с применением технологий интерфейсов мозг-компьютер (ИМК). Одним из наиболее перспективных вариантов подобных интерфейсов являются системы, основанные на использовании компонента П300 зрительных вызванных потенциалов-П300 ИМК. Поскольку зрительная стимуляция играет ключевую роль в концепции П300 ИМК, представляется важным изучение влияния особенностей визуальной стимульной среды на движения глаз пользователя и эффективность работы интерфейса. цель работы. Исследование влияния основных характеристик визуальной среды классического П300 ИМК-размеров стимулов и расстояния между стимулами в матрице-на движения глаз пользователя при наборе текста, точность набора текста, амплитуду и латентность компонента П300. Методика. В исследовании было задействовано 16 здоровых испытуемых, каждый из которых принял участие в пяти экспериментальных сессиях. Основные характеристики визуальной среды-размер стимулов в матрице и расстояние между ними-варьировались между сессиями Пронина анна Сергеевна-аспирант лаборатории нейрофизиологии и нейрокомпьютерных интерфейсов биологического ф-та МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова.

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Air traffic control: Ocular metrics reflect cognitive complexity

Cited by 45 publications

References 33 publications

Human performance assessment of a single air traffic controller conducting multiple remote tower operations

Human performance assessment of a single air traffic controller conducting multiple remote tower operations

The impact of alerting design on air traffic controllers' response to conflict detection and resolution

Objective eye movements during typing in P300 BCI: the effect of stimuli size and spacing

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