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Measurement of pilots’ fatigue, attention and vigilance using EEG, ECG and EYE tracking in the simulated environment

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Title: Measurement of pilots’ fatigue, attention and vigilance using EEG, ECG and EYE tracking in the simulated environment
Authors: Victoria RUSU, Gavrila CALEFARIU
Source: INCAS Bulletin, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 193-209 (2025)
Publisher Information: National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” - INCAS, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: LCC:Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Subject Terms: human performance envelope (hpe), pilots, simulator, ecg, eeg, eye tracking, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, TL1-4050
Description: The concept of the Human Performance Envelope (HPE) brought the idea of interdependence between multiple ergonomic factors together with their influence on pilots’ performance. After the analysis of the aviation incidents, Eurocontrol experts had selected nine ergonomic factors (stress, fatigue, mental workload, situation awareness – (SA), attention, vigilance, communication, teamwork and trust) which affect the pilots’ performance. In the previous article [1], was proposed a hybrid model (mathematical - heuristic), which is suitable for the study of HPE, because the mathematical part could be applied to study the physiological ergonomic factors (workload, stress, mental fatigue, situation awareness, attention and vigilance), based on physiological measurements, while the heuristic part could be used to analyze the psychosocial ergonomic factors (trust, teamwork and communication) determined by direct observations, questionnaires studies and incident report analysis. The aim of this paper is to validate the proposed mathematical model, through physiological measurements (ECG, EEG, RR and eye tracking) for ergonomic less studied factors (according to the literature analysis): Fatigue, Attention and Vigilance. Using a single pilot, the measurements were conducted in three distinct scenarios on the King Air C90 simulator at INCAS - Strejnicu. The findings demonstrated that the physiological parameters were impacted by the difficulty of the flights.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2066-8201
2247-4528
Relation: https://bulletin.incas.ro/files/rusu-v__calefariu-g__vol_17_iss_4.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2066-8201; https://doaj.org/toc/2247-4528
DOI: 10.13111/2066-8201.2025.17.4.16
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c94cc5cd766f4bfc901834b56f21afec
Accession Number: edsdoj.94cc5cd766f4bfc901834b56f21afec
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstract:The concept of the Human Performance Envelope (HPE) brought the idea of interdependence between multiple ergonomic factors together with their influence on pilots’ performance. After the analysis of the aviation incidents, Eurocontrol experts had selected nine ergonomic factors (stress, fatigue, mental workload, situation awareness – (SA), attention, vigilance, communication, teamwork and trust) which affect the pilots’ performance. In the previous article [1], was proposed a hybrid model (mathematical - heuristic), which is suitable for the study of HPE, because the mathematical part could be applied to study the physiological ergonomic factors (workload, stress, mental fatigue, situation awareness, attention and vigilance), based on physiological measurements, while the heuristic part could be used to analyze the psychosocial ergonomic factors (trust, teamwork and communication) determined by direct observations, questionnaires studies and incident report analysis. The aim of this paper is to validate the proposed mathematical model, through physiological measurements (ECG, EEG, RR and eye tracking) for ergonomic less studied factors (according to the literature analysis): Fatigue, Attention and Vigilance. Using a single pilot, the measurements were conducted in three distinct scenarios on the King Air C90 simulator at INCAS - Strejnicu. The findings demonstrated that the physiological parameters were impacted by the difficulty of the flights.
ISSN:20668201
22474528
DOI:10.13111/2066-8201.2025.17.4.16