title: Quantitative measurement of observed workload in the analysis of aircrew performance.
abstract: A methodology for the quantitative evaluation of observed workload was proposed. The model was designed to provide point estimations of observed workload at any time during the performance of a set of tasks. The model was also designed to provide information about the task-scheduling strategies used to complete a set of tasks. The proposed model was then tested with data from a full mission flight simulation. The model predictions correlated significantly with expert ratings of workload management made during the flight simulation. The model was also able to distinguish between low- and high-performing aircrews when performance was based on the number of errors made during flight simulations.
authors.affiliation: University of California at Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Laudeman
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001359:Aviation; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D016526:Workload