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Multi-Attribute Task Battery - Applications in pilot workload and strategic behavior researchThe Multi-Attribute Task (MAT) Battery provides a benchmark set of tasks for use in a wide range of lab studies of operator performance and workload. The battery incorporates tasks analogous to activities that aircraft crewmembers perform in flight, while providing a high degree of experimenter control, performance data on each subtask, and freedom to nonpilot test subjects. Features not found in existing computer based tasks include an auditory communication task (to simulate Air Traffic Control communication), a resource management task permitting many avenues or strategies of maintaining target performance, a scheduling window which gives the operator information about future task demands, and the option of manual or automated control of tasks. Performance data are generated for each subtask. In addition, the task battery may be paused and onscreen workload rating scales presented to the subject. The MAT Battery requires a desktop computer with color graphics. The communication task requires a serial link to a second desktop computer with a voice synthesizer or digitizer card.
Document ID
19920062448
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Arnegard, Ruth J.
(Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA, United States)
Comstock, J. R., Jr.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Behavioral Sciences
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Symposium on Aviation Psychology
Location: Columbus, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: April 29, 1991
End Date: May 2, 1991
Accession Number
92A45072
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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