EXPERIMENTS ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER'S REPRESENTATION AS APPROACH TO MMS-DESIGN

摘要

Due to rising automation in the field of air traffic control, the importance of knowledge about mental information processing is discussed. Based on a brief review of the discussion on mental models, a working definition of the term is given. As part of this definition, the structure of information representation is investigated by an experiment, following the priming paradigm and carried out with experienced controllers. The experiment is reported in detail, including a discussion of the results. The results are set into the broader context of implications for man-machine-system design in air traffic control.