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Human factors in aviation

Title
Human factors in aviation / edited by Earl L. Wiener, David C. Nagel ; with a foreword by Jerome Lederer.
Publication
San Diego : Academic Press, ©1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Wiener, Earl L.
  • Nagel, David C.
Description
xxi, 684 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Academic Press series in cognition and perception
Uniform Title
Academic Press series in cognition and perception
Subject
  • Aeronautics > Human factors
  • Flugzeugführer
  • Luftfahrt
  • Mensch-Maschine-System
  • Ergonomie
  • Flugzeug
  • Luftfahrtpsychologie
  • Menschliches Versagen
  • Ergonomie
  • Piloten
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
Part one. Introduction. Introductory overview / Elwyn Edwards -- The system perspective / Thomas B. Sheridan -- System safety / C.O. Miller. Part two. Pilot performance. The human senses in flight / Herschel W. Leibowitz -- Information processing / Christopher D. Wickens and John M. Flach -- Human workload in aviation / Barry H. Kantowitz and Patricia A. Casper -- Group Interaction and flight crew performance / H. Clayton Foushee and Robert L. Helmreich -- Flight training and simulation / Paul W. Caro -- Human error in aviation operations / David C. Nagel -- Aircrew fatigue and circadian rhythmicity / R. Curtis Graeber. Part three. Human factors in aircraft design. Pilot control / Sheldon Baron -- Aviation displays / Alan F. Stokes and Christopher D. Wickens -- Cockpit automation / Earl L. Wiener -- Software interfaces for aviation systems / Robert C. Williges, Beverly H. Willeges and Robert G. Fainter -- Cockpit-crew systems design and integration / George A. Sexton. Part four. Vehicles and systems. Airline pilots' perspective / Richard B. Stone and Gary L. Babcock -- General aviation / Malcolm L. Ritchie -- Helicopter human factors / Sandra G. Hart -- Air traffic control / V. David Hopkin.
ISBN
  • 0127500308
  • 9780127500300
LCCN
87031829
OCLC
  • ocm16985012
  • 16985012
  • SCSB-9299641
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library