Modern approaches to modeling the activities of civil aircraft pilots

 
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Abstract

The paper presents an overview of modern mathematical approaches to modeling pilot activity in civil aircraft, aimed at improving flight safety, crew training efficiency, and the design of cockpit human–machine interfaces. Three complementary models are considered: a goal-oriented activity model describing continuous control inputs of the pilot; a supporting activity model representing the structure of actions as Markov processes with the use of quantum spectral analysis; and a pilot activity model based on Flight Manual procedures, focused on procedural scenarios and error analysis. It is shown that the combined use of these models enables formalization of pilot behavior at different flight phases, diagnosis of training level and psychophysiological state, and the development of virtual pilots and intelligent crew-support systems.

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Keywords: human factors, virtual pilot, control synthesis, pilot activity modeling, flight safety, human-machine interface, Markov models

Journal rubric: Numerical Methods

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/mda.2026160109

Received 15.01.2026

Revised 23.01.2026

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For citation: Makhortov, I.A. (2026). Modern approaches to modeling the activities of civil aircraft pilots. Modelling and Data Analysis, 16(1), 141–156. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/mda.2026160109

© Makhortov I.A., 2026

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Innokenty A. Makhortov, Graduate Student, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Engineer of the 2nd Category, State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS), Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6919-9419, e-mail: inok546@ya.ru

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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