Toward a Human Systems Integration approach to the design and operation of a remote and virtual air traffic control center

Alexandre Disdier; Dimitri Masson; Thomas Brethomé; Marija Jankovic; Guy-André Boy

doi:10.1017/pds.2023.357

Abstract

Remote and virtual centers have been studied for the past twenty years as an alternative to the traditional air traffic control tower environment. Designing such complex sociotechnical systems requires a systems engineering approach that appropriately integrates the human element as well as the technological and organizational components. In this paper, we identify the challenges of implementing this human-systems integration in the design of complex systems. We present the feedback we obtained from a series of semi-structured interviews with people involved in the development of military air traffic solutions. The participants’ responses helped us establish methodological guidelines for designing and building a disruptive remote and virtual air traffic control center. We discuss how virtualized humanin-the-loop simulations in particular should help designers analyze user activity and be more flexible in system acquisition.

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References

Disdier, A., Masson, D., Brethomé, T., Jankovic, M., & Boy, G.-A. (2023). Toward a Human Systems Integration approach to the design and operation of a remote and virtual air traffic control center. Proceedings of the Design Society, 3, 3561–3570. https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.357

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@article{disdier2023_HumanSystems,
  author = {Disdier, Alexandre and Masson, Dimitri and Brethomé, Thomas
    and Jankovic, Marija and Boy, Guy-André},
  title = {Toward a {Human} {Systems} {Integration} Approach to the
    Design and Operation of a Remote and Virtual Air Traffic Control
    Center},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Design Society},
  volume = {3},
  pages = {3561-3570},
  date = {2023-07-01},
  url = {https://dhmmasson.github.io/publications/disdier2023_HumanSystems.html},
  doi = {10.1017/pds.2023.357},
  issn = {2732-527X},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Disdier, A., Masson, D., Brethomé, T., Jankovic, M., & Boy, G.-A. (2023). Toward a Human Systems Integration approach to the design and operation of a remote and virtual air traffic control center . Proceedings of the Design Society , 3, 3561–3570. https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.357