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Objective. To establish a rapid objective method for detection fatigue of air traffic controllers (ATCs) to meet fatigue management requirements. Methods—A fatigue detection method established by combining a modified psychomotor vigilance test scene with the test of the percentage of eyelid closure over the pupil over time (PERCLOS). The subjects’ PERCLOS value, reaction time and error rate during detection were simultaneously obtained and integrated into the fatigue value. The detection time was compressed to 5 min and the result obtained just completed detection. The established method was applied to a field test at one area control unit in China. 19 ATC volunteers were recruited and divided into two groups as a test group before duty and a fatigue control group after duty. The detection results indicated that the method was valid to detect out ATCs’ fatigue from work and was suitable to control work environment. Conclusions—The rapid method of fatigue detection for air traffic controllers before duty was successfully developed, which would serve as an effective tool for air traffic controller fatigue management.
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We would like to thank all air traffic controllers who participated in this study. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52072406 and No. 22074157), Safety Foundation of Civil Aviation Administration of China (No. [2020]116), and Chengdu Science and Technology Project (2020-XT00-00001-GX).
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Chen, Z., Zhang, J., Zhou, X., Ding, P., Gu, Y., Wang, B. (2022). A Rapid Objective Method of Fatigue Detection for Air Traffic Controller Before Duty. In: Long, S., Dhillon, B.S. (eds) Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on MMESE. MMESE 2021. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 800. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5963-8_17
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