Demonstration of a Human Task Inventory to Support Rapid Emulation of Human Performance in Aviation Simulations

Abstract

Simulation testbeds enable researchers in the aviation domain to study a wide variety of NextGen issues and are particularly useful in circumstances where human-in-the-loop testing is impractical or impossible. In such cases, human performance data is required to accurately represent operators within the simulation framework. We are developing the Human Task Inventory (HTI) to address this issue by providing a centralized repository of pilot and controller task performance data. This web-based tool will allow users to efficiently locate, evaluate, and export data. When possible, task data from multiple studies are combined to produce better estimates of response distributions. Users are also able to evaluate data sources and choose which sources to include in the calculations. Our demonstration will include an initial HTI prototype and a description of envisioned functionality.