Some Advantages of Display Automation in Vessel Traffic Systems.

Abstract

A comparison is made between the display types used in the manual VTS system (plan position radar indicators) and the automatic system (interactive graphics displays). Factors affecting operator efficiency in performing the following tasks based on radar-derived data are treated: detection, identification and tracking, and traffic analysis or interpretation. The background analysis in the automatic system, which provided operator alerts such as lane stray or collision warning, is also considered. It is concluded that in vessel traffic systems that use radar for anything beyond an occasional monitor of traffic conditions the automatic system and displays have important advantages. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0779554

Entities

People

  • J. L. Macarthur

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Computer Science
  • Automatic
  • Automation
  • Collisions
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Detection
  • Efficiency
  • Graphics
  • Identification
  • Indicators
  • Interactive Graphics
  • Traffic
  • Vessel Traffic Systems

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.