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Limited techniques are available to assist in preliminary instrument panel design or optimization of an existing panel design configuration. The primary criterion that is currently being used for equipment arrange- ment is dependent on one or more of the following basic principles: (1) how important the instrument is, (2) the degree of relative use of the instrument, (3) the grouping of similar instruments together, and (4) the degree of related sequential use. Data gathering techniques utilized are usually either direct or recorded observations of movements, user interviews or information received from questionnaires. The majority of effort on visual sampling of displays and on eye movement has been conducted in support of aircraft instrument panel layout. Panel arrangement and pilot instrument scanning became critical with the advent of high speed aircraft and when, due to the state-of-the-art capability, more sophisticated instrumentation evolved in response to more stringent system requirements.

Limited techniques are available to assist in preliminary instrument panel design or optimization of an existing panel design configuration. The primary criterion that is currently being used for equipment arrange- ment is dependent on one or more of the following basic principles: (1) how important the instrument is, (2) the degree of relative use of the instrument, (3) the grouping of similar instruments together, and (4) the degree of related sequential use. Data gathering techniques utilized are usually either direct or recorded observations of movements, user interviews or information received from questionnaires. The majority of effort on visual sampling of displays and on eye movement has been conducted in support of aircraft instrument panel layout. Panel arrangement and pilot instrument scanning became critical with the advent of high speed aircraft and when, due to the state-of-the-art capability, more sophisticated instrumentation evolved in response to more stringent system requirements.

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