A Model for Visual Detection of Aircraft by Ground Observers

Abstract

A model is presented for predicting the time cumulative probabilities of visual detection of a single aircraft by a ground observer searching an unstructured background. The important elements of the model are supported by appropriate references to psychophysical experimentation. The model is registered on a small amount of field testing at present; the author intends to broaden the scope of the model and continue registration on field tests in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA017599

Entities

People

  • Arthur C. Poe Iii

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Motion
  • Boundaries
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Eye
  • Field Tests
  • Flight Paths
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Observers
  • Optics
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.