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Jakimovska, N. (author), Pool, D.M. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)An improved understanding of pilot’s control behavior adaptations in response to sudden changes in the vehicle dynamics is essential for realizing adaptive support systems that remain effective when task characteristics suddenly change. In this paper, we replicate, extend, and validate the ‘adaptive pilot model’ proposed by Hess to verify its...conference paper 2023
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Vasilopoulos, V.G. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), in 't Veld, A.C. (author), Mulder, Max (author)The Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) offers reduced aircraft noise emissions and fuel consumption, but the obstacle limiting it to reduced traffic density conditions, is the low predictability of the trajectory and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA). The solution proposed by this research is to develop a pilot support interface to facilitate the...conference paper 2023
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de Rooij, G. (author), Stienstra, A. (author), Borst, C. (author), Tisza, A. B. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)To alleviate the workload of air traffic controllers, part of the air traffic may be handled by a future automated system. When deciding which flights to delegate, a distinction can be made between basic and non-basic flights, with the former being prime candidates for delegation. The human controller can then focus on the non-basic flights,...conference paper 2023
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de Rooij, G. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)In academic air traffic control research, traffic scenarios are often repeated to increase the sample size and enable paired-sample comparisons, e.g., between different display variants. This comes with the risk that participants recognize scenarios and consequently recall the desired response. In this paper we provide an overview of mitigation...conference paper 2023
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de Rooij, G. (author), Tisza, A. B. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)In the quest for more efficient air traffic management, a common approach is to allocate an increasing amount of functionality to higher levels of automation, with a supervisory role for humans. This potentially leads to forthcoming issues such as skill degradation and out-of-the-loop phenomenon. If the traffic in an airspace is instead shared...conference paper 2022
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Huijbrechts, Erik-Jan A. M. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author)Certification is an important process in the aviation industry. The certified status of aircraft, aircraft equipment and procedures is often regarded as a guarantee for safety. However, if shortcomings emerge during operation, this certified status can prevent improvement of the design. In addition, to develop and certify new equipment, it is...conference paper 2021
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van Paassen, M.M. (author), Reitsma, J.P. (author), Huijbrechts, Erik-Jan A. M. (author), Borst, C. (author), Landman, H.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)In the analysis of human performance and human error, considerable attention is given to the cognitive processes of actors involved in error or success scenarios. Even with awareness of hindsight bias, it takes effort to understand the actions of agents in later inspection of error scenarios. One such topic of heated discussion was the perceived...conference paper 2021
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de Rooij, G. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Allocation is a challenge for higher levels of automation in air traffic control, where flights can be dynamically assigned to either a human or an automated agent. Through an exploratory experiment with six professional air traffic controllers, insight was gained into the possibilities and challenges of human-automation teamwork in an en-route...conference paper 2021
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van Baelen, D. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Modern aircraft use a variety of fly-by-wire control devices and combine these with a flight envelope protection system to limit pilot control inputs when approaching the aircraft limits. The current research project aims to increase pilot awareness of such a protection system through the use of force feedback on the control device, i.e.,...conference paper 2021
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Landman, H.M. (author), van den Hoed, Annemarie (author), van Baelen, D. (author), Stroosma, O. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Groen, Eric L. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Ground-based demonstration of spatial disorientation (SD) has been recommended for military as well as commercial pilot training. Although the leans illusion is the most common form of SD, no data exist yet of an effective ground-based leans procedure for a hexapod simulator. In this paper we describe the development of such a procedure and its...conference paper 2021
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Reitsma, J.P. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Borst, C. (author), Mulder, Max (author)In-flight non-normal events can be rather taxing for a flight crew. Numerous tasks, often competing for attention, need to be handled adequately after which, the best plan of action for the remainder of the flight needs to be determined. In the light of recent developments towards reduced crew operations, the demand for reducing workload has...conference paper 2021
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Linskens, C.E. (author), Reitsma, J.P. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Non-normal event resolution in-flight can be challenging on the flight crew with increased time pressure, workload, stress. Other competing tasks impose a risk on flight safety and burdens the decision-making process. Pilots rely on checklists to aid in their effort, which in its state-of-the-art form are presented on the dedicated Electronic...conference paper 2021
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van Baelen, D. (author), Ellerbroek, Joost (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Modern aircraft use a variety of fly-by-wire control devices and combine these with a flight envelope protection system to limit pilot control inputs when approaching the aircraft limits. The current research project aims to increase pilot awareness of such a protection system through the use of force feedback on the control device, i.e.,...conference paper 2020
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de Rooij, G. (author), van Baelen, D. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)This paper describes the design and evaluation of a visual display in supplementing haptic feedback on the side stick as a way to communicate flight envelope boundaries to pilots. The design adds indications for the limits in airspeed, load factor, angle of attack and angle of bank to a standard Airbus primary flight display (PFD). The...conference paper 2020
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van Geel, Alexander (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Loss of control is the largest contributor to the yearly aviation death toll, with energy mismanagement in low-energy conditions as one of its main causal factors. This has led to a large emphasis from both scientific and aviation safety communities on the prevention of aircraft upset conditions. Changes in aircraft configuration largely impact...conference paper 2020
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Piessens, Tom (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Teleoperation by definition means a deprivation of the teleoperator's senses, which can pose a handicap when operating, e.g., an UAV, in an unknown, perhaps even dynamic environment. Noticing moving obstacles in such a situation can prove to be quite difficult and the UAV runs the risk of colliding with them. Previous work designed a shared...conference paper 2020
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da Silva Rosa, David (author), Ernst, Johanne (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Helicopter pilot performance in degraded visual conditions may be improved through sensor fusion and an augmented reality display. A simulator experiment with 12 participants was done to test the effect of synthetic terrain grid cell size and helicopter heave dynamics on task performance and control behaviour in a terrain-following hill-climb...conference paper 2020
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Scholten, Pepijn (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)A variable stability in-flight simulator has the capabilities to change the response of an aircraft in-flight, often without changing the physical properties of the aircraft. The ability to adjust the aircraft response characteristics and handling qualities has various purposes, such as pilot training, control logic development and handling...conference paper 2020
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Ten Brink, D. S.A. (author), Klomp, R.E. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)In the near future, air traffic controllers are expected to adhere to stringent time and position constraints in controlling traffic. For this new task, new decision-support tools are required which include higher levels of automation, whilst letting humans remain to be the ultimate responsible for the safety of operations. In previous...conference paper 2019
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Nagaraj, R. (author), Klomp, R.E. (author), Borst, C. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Future Air Traffic Management is expected to shift towards four dimensional trajectory (4DT) management, requiring new decision support tools for air traffic controllers to meet stringent time and position constraints. In previous work, a prototype human-machine interface has been developed for 4D trajectory manipulations of single aircraft....conference paper 2019