AVIATION AUTOMATION: THE SEARCH FOR A HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH

This volume offers eloquent and carefully reasoned arguments for a human-centered approach to the development and implementation of new technology in aviation. Part I is an overview of automation in aviation and explains both the application of automation and the concept of human-centered automation. Part II traces the evolution and course of aviation automation. This covers air traffic control and management, as well as aircraft automation. Part III discusses the role of human operators in the aviation system and human-machine integration in the future system. Part IV looks to the future; it expands on novel concepts and discusses requirements for aviation automation and its certification.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

  10 Industrial Avenue
  Mahwah, NJ  United States  07430-2262
• Authors:
  • Billings, C E
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 369 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aeronautics; Air traffic control; Airplanes; Automatic control; Automation; Aviation; Human factors; Human machine systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Man machine interaction
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00737859
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0805821279
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1997 12:00AM