Adaptive Pilot Modeling Within Cockpit Crew Assistance

Cockpit Assistant Systems are being developed in support of human-centered automation on aircraft flight decks. A short introduction into the principles of Cockpit Crew Assistance will be given, followed by a more detailed description of the adaptive behaviour model to be used in that kind of system. Monitoring of crew behaviour is a vital part of the system's situation assessment process. This can be accomplished by comparison between expected and actual pilot actions. It will be shown, how the system's normative behavioural model, based on pilot handbooks and air traffic regulations is further enhanced by learning components providing adaptation to the individual pilot by use of a combination of petri nets and case-based reasoning (CBR).