ARCHIE: plan recognition and interface advice on the flight deck

With the increasing amount of computer power available in civilian flight decks, it is becoming feasible to use some of this power for non-flight-critical systems. One area which could benefit greatly from some additional computer assistance is the pilot-machine interface. We describe the ARCHIE project, an attempt to make man-machine interfaces more robust and reliable. The initial target areas of this project are civilian glass cockpit flight decks and air traffic control stations.