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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
The Effect of Automation on Helicopter Crew Communication: A Low-Fidelity Investigation
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Increasing levels of technology have changed the task of flying modern helicopter cockpits by allowing many crew functions to be performed automatically. This study attempted to understand the relation between automation and helicopter crew coordination. Twenty-eight helicopter pilots were assigned to two-person crews and asked to fly a simulated mission in either automated or manual conditions using a low-fidelity helicopter simulator. Communication was transcribed and coded into a nine-category content classification system by two trained raters. The inter-rater reliability was +.84. Results indicated that a higher frequency of total communications was demonstrated during manual flights. </p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Aeronautical Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - Open Access
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Aeronautical Science
- Year
- 1998
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Maclsaac, Margaret A.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Gerald D. Gibb
- Daniel J. Garland
- Bruce E. Hamilton
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/129
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.erau.edu:db-theses-1176