Modelling cognitive processes of experienced air traffic controllers

Niessen C, Eyferth K, Bierwagen T (1999)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 1999

Journal

Publisher: Taylor & Francis: STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles / Taylor & Francis

City/Town: London, United Kingdom

Book Volume: 42

Pages Range: 1507-1520

Journal Issue: 11

DOI: 10.1080/001401399184857

Abstract

A model of the cognitive activities of experienced air traffic controllers is presented as an example of the challenging theoretical task to model mental processes in a dynamic task environment. Owing to the continuous changes in the task environment and the demand for the temporal coordination of activities in air traffic control, the model pays special attention to the mental representation of the situation. This unit of the model plays a salient role in maintaining situational awareness, in anticipating future states, and in coordinating simultaneously ongoing events. The assumptions about the mental representation of the changing task environment are discussed within the mental model approach.

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APA:

Niessen, C., Eyferth, K., & Bierwagen, T. (1999). Modelling cognitive processes of experienced air traffic controllers. Ergonomics, 42(11), 1507-1520. https://doi.org/10.1080/001401399184857

MLA:

Niessen, Cornelia, K. Eyferth, and T. Bierwagen. "Modelling cognitive processes of experienced air traffic controllers." Ergonomics 42.11 (1999): 1507-1520.

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