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Partitioning complexity in air traffic management tasks

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Cummings, ML; Tsonis, CG
Published in: International Journal of Aviation Psychology
August 17, 2006

Cognitive complexity is a term that appears frequently in air traffic control research literature, yet there is little principled investigation of the potential sources of cognitive complexity. Three distinctly different sources of cognitive complexity are proposed: environmental, organizational, and display. Two experiments were conducted to explore whether these proposed components of complexity could be effectively partitioned, measured, and compared. The findings demonstrate that sources of complexity can be decomposed and measured and furthermore, the use of color in displays, a display design intervention meant to reduce environmental complexity, can actually contribute to it. Copyright © 2006, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

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International Journal of Aviation Psychology

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1050-8414

Publication Date

August 17, 2006

Volume

16

Issue

3

Start / End Page

277 / 295

Related Subject Headings

  • Human Factors
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Cummings, M. L., & Tsonis, C. G. (2006). Partitioning complexity in air traffic management tasks. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 16(3), 277–295. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327108ijap1603_3
Cummings, M. L., and C. G. Tsonis. “Partitioning complexity in air traffic management tasks.” International Journal of Aviation Psychology 16, no. 3 (August 17, 2006): 277–95. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327108ijap1603_3.
Cummings ML, Tsonis CG. Partitioning complexity in air traffic management tasks. International Journal of Aviation Psychology. 2006 Aug 17;16(3):277–95.
Cummings, M. L., and C. G. Tsonis. “Partitioning complexity in air traffic management tasks.” International Journal of Aviation Psychology, vol. 16, no. 3, Aug. 2006, pp. 277–95. Scopus, doi:10.1207/s15327108ijap1603_3.
Cummings ML, Tsonis CG. Partitioning complexity in air traffic management tasks. International Journal of Aviation Psychology. 2006 Aug 17;16(3):277–295.
Journal cover image

Published In

International Journal of Aviation Psychology

DOI

ISSN

1050-8414

Publication Date

August 17, 2006

Volume

16

Issue

3

Start / End Page

277 / 295

Related Subject Headings

  • Human Factors
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology