Monitoring Moment-to-Moment Operator Workload Using Task Load and System-State Information

Abstract

Assessing and understanding operator workload is an important factor for consideration during the development of new systems. It may also be important to understand fluctuations in workload within operational systems in order to efficiently apply automated processes and provide assistance at critical times. This paper describes how a simple workload measure obtained every 2 to 3 ininutes during the evaluation of a prototype command and control console can be used to develop an operator's workload profile as a function of other system parameters, such as track density on the tactical plot, and task loading.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA395277

Entities

People

  • K. F. Van Orden

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Automation
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Prototypes
  • Psychology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control