Task complexity has been recognized as an important task characteristic that influences and
predicts human performance and behaviors. However, currently there is still limited …

Enhancing Situation Awareness (SA) is a major design goal for projects in many fields,
including aviation, ground transportation, air traffic control, nuclear power, and medicine, but …

Patient safety is seen by many in healthcare as a pressing issue, yet achieving patient safety
is difficult. The risks to patients are many and diverse, and the complexity of the healthcare …

The present review examines the research literature on Non-Technical Skills (NTS) used by
ships' bridge officers in connection with navigation. The aim of the study was to (i) identify …

In our high technology society, there is a growing demand for a better understanding of
decision making in high risk situations in order to improve selection, training and operational …

Measure twice, cut once. Although applicable to all areas of human factors research, the old
adage is especially relevant to simulation and training. As a tool, simulation is an aid to the …

Consistent with technological advances, the role of the operator in many human factors
domains has evolved from one characterized primarily by sensory and motor skills to one …

Future air traffic management architectures propose to give aircraft more flight path
autonomy and turn the air traffic controller into a manager of exceptions. This article reports …

Two decades of process tracing studies have provided one robust conclusion: there is no
generally used strategy for a particular choice problem, but the selected strategy is highly …

During day-to-day use, thousands of lives are lost each year due to accidents, directly or
indirectly, resulting from poor transportation system reliability and safety. In the United …