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Study on comprehensive evaluation method of pilot mental workload

  • Huan Zhang*
  • , Xiaoru Wanyan
  • , Damin Zhuang
  • , Xu Wu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Diverse flight situations will have different influences on the function of a pilot's brain. To study these influences and confirm the sensitivity of related measurements, flight simulation tasks are carried out on an aircraft cockpit ergonomics evaluation experimental base. Subjects are required to monitor the changes of flight information and make corresponding flight operations simultaneously. Different quantities of abnormal information on the head-up display are handled so that pilot mental workload can be divided into four levels. Subjective assessment, behavior performance and physiological measurements are comprehensively applied to evaluate subjects' mental workload. Experiment results indicate that both subjective assessment based on NASA Task Load Index (TLX) and behavior performance can reflect the changes of pilot mental workload, heart rate variability, mean pupil diameter and eyelid opening indices are sensitive to mental workload in terms of physiological measurements. Combining all above measurements, a comprehensive evaluation method can provide a reasonable basis of pilot mental workload assessment and classification under complex flight tasks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 6th International Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics, IHMSC 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages110-113
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479949557
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Oct 2014
Event2014 6th International Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics, IHMSC 2014 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 26 Aug 201427 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 6th International Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics, IHMSC 2014
Volume1

Conference

Conference2014 6th International Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics, IHMSC 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period26/08/1427/08/14

Keywords

  • ECG measurement
  • Eye movement measurement
  • mental workload
  • subjective assessment

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