Mitigating Complexity in Air Traffic Control: The Role of Structure-Based Abstractions

Cognitive complexity is a limiting factor on the capacity and efficiency of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. A multi-faceted cognitive ethnography approach shows that structure, defined as the physical and informational elements that organize and arrange the ATC environment, plays an importa...

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Main Authors: Hansman, R. John, Histon, Jonathan M.
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42006