ABSTRACT
We are constructing a system to predict the kinds of errors air traffic controllers are likely to make using given procedures and equipment. The system takes procedure and equipment descriptions as input. Output is produced in two phases. In the simulation phase, the simulated controller carries out tasks in a set of user-defined scenarios. In the subsequent analysis phase, occurrences of operator error are identified in a trace of simulation events; detected errors are then classified as instances of error types, represented as error-patterns.
