Analysis of Complexity Evolution Management and Human Performance Issues in Commercial Aircraft Automation Systems

Autoflight systems in the current generation of aircraft have been implicated in several recent incidents and accidents. A contributory aspect to these incidents may be the manner in which aircraft transition between differing behaviours or “modes.” The current state of aircraft automation was in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vakil, Sanjay S., Hansman, R. John
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37310