Operator change-over effects in a complex task /
J.S. Kidd and Robert G. Kinkade.

Description

Main Author

Kidd, J. S.

Related Names

Kinkade, Robert G., author.
Wright Air Development Center
United States. Air Force.
Ohio State University. Department of Electrical Engineering.
Ohio State University. Aviation Psychology Laboratory.
Aerospace Medical Laboratory (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Aerospace Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1959.

Subjects

Air traffic controllers > Air traffic controllers / Psychology.
Air traffic control > Air traffic control / Psychological aspects.
Human-machine systems.

Summary

"The two experiments covered in this report were concerned primarily with the loss in system performance due to operator change-over and extended work duration. Using 12 laboratory-trained controllers in a simulated air traffic control task, it was found that (a) a significant but short-duration decrement occurred at operator change-over, (b) performance was highly stable over the 3.5-hr. work period, (c) a prominent "end-spurt" occurred, and (d) the degree of prechange-over participation by the replacement controller could modify the extent of performance loss at change-over. These findings were evaluated with respect to studies of warm-up, preparatory set, and work fatigue effects observed in other task settings."--Abstract.

Note

"Project No. 7184, Task 71583."
"August 1959."
"Laboratory of Aviation Psychology, The Ohio State University and The OSU Research Foundation."

Physical Description

iv, 12 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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