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M. Mulder

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Erratum

Effects of Target Trajectory Bandwidth on Manual Control Behavior in Pursuit and Preview Tracking (IEEE Trans. Hum.-Mach. Syst. (2020) 50:1 (68–78) DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2019.2947577)

This erratum applies to the following published paper [1]. In Fig. 10(e) and (f) of the published version of the paper, the measured values for the t f and T l,f (both having values around 1 s for the considered dataset) were inte ...
This manual provides guidance for human factors researchers and applied psychologists, on the standardized and scientifically rigorous use of the instruments. It is structured to include an overview of the instruments, administration guidelines, and a summary of their psychometri ...
This paper outlines the three-phase construction of the Startle and Surprise Inventories (Startle-I; Surprise-I) and Visual Analogue Scales for Startle and Surprise (Startle-VAS; Surprise-VAS). In Phase 1, seven experts in the field assessed the content validity of 14 items for s ...
We tested whether pilots would detect low-salient controllability problems more quickly during manual compared to automated flight. Using a moving-base simulator and a Piper Seneca aerodynamic model, airline pilots (n = 20) performed scenarios in which either a gradually ensuing ...
The identification of time-varying, adaptive behavior of a human operator in basic manual control tasks is currently still a focus area, since most methodologies only account for time-invariant system dynamics. Previous authors have proven that estimation techniques based on ARX ...
While human control behavior is well-understood in continuous control tasks, little is still known about how human operators detect sudden changes in the controlled element dynamics. This paper focuses on modeling this detection phase for pursuit tracking tasks. Potential trigger ...
Providing adequate simulator motion cues for simulated upset and stall scenarios remains challenging. This paper evaluates the potential of novel optimization-based motion cueing algorithms for upset and stall simulation. An offline analysis is performed to compare three Model Pr ...
This paper presents a three-step validation approach for subjective rating predictions of driving simulator motion incongruences based on objective mismatches between reference vehicle and simulator motion. This approach relies on using high-resolution rating predictions of open- ...
Previous studies have indicated that the attitude director indicator (ADI) used in commercial aviation is suboptimal in representing the bank angle direction, which can lead to confusion, roll reversal errors and increased workload. Confusion about the bank angle direction has be ...
We investigated the effect of personality traits and flight experience on pilot cognitive and affective responses across seven startling and surprising scenarios performed in motion-based simulators. A dataset of 89 airline pilots from four studies was used. The personality trai ...
An online pilot manual control behavior identification method, based on recursive low-order time-series model estimation, is presented and validated using experimental data. Eight participants performed compensatory tracking tasks with time-varying vehicle dynamics, where, at an ...
On final approach, an approach controller is responsible for separating aircraft lining up on the instrument landing system. In an attempt to increase traffic throughput, especially in strong headwind conditions, European regulation advises all European airports to move from dist ...
Energy management is essential in low-energy flight conditions. Changes in fixed-wing aircraft configuration affect performance and energy boundaries, and improved insight therein should allow pilots to better predict potentially dangerous situations, maintain suitable safety mar ...

Startle and surprise in helicopter operations

Reported prevalence and application of mitigation strategies

Startle and surprise can impair pilot performance and affect flight safety. This study investigates the prevalence of different startle and surprise events among helicopter pilots, its impact on pilot stress and mental effort and the influence of training background. It also look ...

Gamification in Automated Air Traffic Control

Increasing Vigilance Using Fictional Aircraft

The introduction of more advanced automation in air traffic control seems inevitable. Air traffic controllers will then take the role of automation supervisors, a role which is generally unsuitable for humans. Gamification, the use of game elements in non-gaming contexts, shows p ...
Objective
We aimed to find objective measures of the impact of spatially disorienting (SD) stimuli on pilot cognition in an ecologically valid environment.
Background
SD frequently occurs in military rotary-wing operations and often contributes to mishaps. Effects of ...
In moving-base driving simulators, the sensation of the inertial car motion provided by the motion system is controlled by the motion cueing algorithm (MCA). Due to the difficulty of reproducing the inertial motion in urban simulations, accurate prediction tools for subjective ev ...
Understanding human perception of haptic feedback is critical when designing and regulating these interfaces. In recent years, experiments have been conducted to determine the just-noticeable difference (JND) in mass-spring-damper dynamics, using a hydraulic admittance display in ...