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The multitasking myth [electronic resource] : handling complexity in real-world operations / Loukia D. Loukopoulos, R. Key Dismukes & Immanuel Barshi

Author
Loukopoulos, Loukia D.
Published
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : illustrations, plans
Additional Creators
Dismukes, Key and Barshi, Immanuel
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Contents
Introduction -- What is multitasking and how is it accomplished? -- The ideal : flight operations as depicted by flight operations manuals -- The real : flight operations add complexity and variability -- Analysis of concurrent task demands and crew responses -- The research applied.
Summary
Despite growing concern with the effects of concurrent task demands on human performance, and research demonstrating that these demands are associated with vulnerability to error, so far there has been only limited research into the nature and range of concurrent task demands in real-world settings. This book presents a set of NASA studies that characterize the nature of concurrent task demands confronting airline flight crews in routine operations, as opposed to emergency situations. The authors analyze these demands in light of what is known about cognitive processes, particularly those of a.
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ISBN
9780754694120 (electronic bk.)
0754694127 (electronic bk.)
9780754673828 (alk. paper)
0754673820 (alk. paper)
Note
Description based on print version record.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-183) and index.
Technical Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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