Although the use of the psychological construct of situational awareness (SA) assists researchers in creating a flight environment that is safer and more predictable, its true potential remains untapped until a valid means of predicting SA a priori becomes available. Previous work proposed a computational model of SA (CSA) that sought to fill that void. The current line of research is aimed at validating that model. The results show that the model accurately predicted SA in a piloted simulation.
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