MIDAS TLM: man-machine integrated design and analysis system task loading model

The MIDAS task loading model (TLM) was developed to predict the visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor loads that would be imposed on a pilot while flying various cockpit designs. This model classifies the task demands imposed on a pilot with a set of psychological attributes that represent the demands with the most impact. These attributes are uniquely classified by the MIDAS TLM for each task, and the classifications are used to predict the imposed task loads. An experiment was conducted with helicopter pilots to verify the predicted loads of a set of flight tasks. The results indicated some significant correlations between the predicted loads for the single tasks and pilot responses, but none between the predicted loads for the dual tasks and pilot responses