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      Aviation Automation: The Search for A Human-Centered Approach

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      Aviation Automation: The Search for A Human-Centered Approach book

      The Search for A Human-centered Approach

      Aviation Automation: The Search for A Human-Centered Approach

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      Aviation Automation: The Search for A Human-Centered Approach book

      The Search for A Human-centered Approach
      ByCharles E. Billings
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1996
      eBook Published 1 November 1996
      Pub. Location Boca Raton
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315137995
      Pages 370
      eBook ISBN 9781315137995
      Subjects Engineering & Technology
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      Billings, C.E. (1996). Aviation Automation: The Search for A Human-Centered Approach: The Search for A Human-centered Approach (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315137995

      ABSTRACT

      The advent of very compact, very powerful digital computers has made it possible to automate a great many processes that formerly required large, complex machinery. Digital computers have made possible revolutionary changes in industry, commerce, and transportation. This book, an expansion and revision of the author's earlier technical papers on this subject, describes the development of automation in aircraft and in the aviation system, its likely evolution in the future, and the effects that these technologies have had -- and will have -- on the human operators and managers of the system. It suggests concepts that may be able to enhance human-machine relationships in future systems. The author focuses on the ability of human operators to work cooperatively with the constellation of machines they command and control, because it is the interactions among these system elements that result in the system's success or failure, whether in aviation or elsewhere.

      Aviation automation has provided great social and technological benefits, but these benefits have not come without cost. In recent years, new problems in aircraft have emerged due to failures in the human-machine relationship. These incidents and accidents have motivated this inquiry into aviation automation. Similar problems in the air traffic management system are predicted as it becomes more fully automated. In particular, incidents and accidents have occurred which suggest that the principle problems with today's aviation automation are associated with its complexity, coupling, autonomy, and opacity. These problems are not unique to aviation; they exist in other highly dynamic domains as well. The author suggests that a different approach to automation -- called "human-centered automation" -- offers potential benefits for system performance by enabling a more cooperative human-machine relationship in the control and management of aircraft and air traffic.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part 1|48 pages

      Aviation Automation: Past, Present, and Future

      chapter 1|7 pages

      Statement of the Problem

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 2|24 pages

      The Context and Environments of Aviation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 3|15 pages

      A Concept of Human-Centered Aviation Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      part 2|129 pages

      The Evolution and Course of Aviation Automation

      chapter 4|14 pages

      Humans and the Evolution of Industrial Automation

      BySidney W. A. Dekker, Charles E. Billings

      chapter 5|53 pages

      The Evolution of Aircraft Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 6|34 pages

      Aircraft Automation in the Future

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 7|10 pages

      Air Traffic Control and Management Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 8|16 pages

      Future Air Traffic Control and Management Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      part 3|40 pages

      The Roles of Human Operators in the Aviation System

      chapter 9|20 pages

      Benefits and Costs of Aviation Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 10|11 pages

      Human and Machine Roles: Responsibility and Authority

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 11|7 pages

      Integration and Coupling in the Future Aviation System

      ByCharles E. Billings

      part 4|79 pages

      Issues for Future Aviation Automation

      chapter 12|11 pages

      Advanced and Novel Automation Concepts for the Future System

      ByCharles E. Billings, Sidney W. A. Dekker

      chapter 13|31 pages

      Requirements for Aviation Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 14|12 pages

      Requirements for Certification of Aviation Automation

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 15|17 pages

      Automated Systems in Other Domains

      ByCharles E. Billings

      chapter 16|6 pages

      Some Final Thoughts and Conclusions

      ByCharles E. Billings
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