People in Control Human factors in control room design
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Biografisk notat
Jan Noyes is Professor of Human Factors Psychology at the University of Bristol. Her research interests include the human factors of advanced and emerging technologies. She is a Fellow of the Ergonomics Society and an Associate Member of the IEE. In 1999, she was awarded the Otto Edholm medal for her contribution to ergonomics application and research. She has written over 120 publications including five books, and was awarded the IEE Informatics Premium Award for her paper on 'engineering psychology and system safety'. She was also Chair of the 1999 and 2001 IEE People In Control conferences. Matthew Bransby was a leading authority on control room alarm systems. His career included four years lecturing in Control Engineering at Sheffield University, 22 years in the electricity supply industry and three years as an engineering consultant. He was involved in implementing novel control systems and running major process control projects. His work on alarm systems included carrying out research for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK, and writing an industry best practice guide. He acted as an Expert Witness in process control and was a Fellow of the IEE. He died in 2000.<p>'<i>People in Control</i> is a useful addition to the literature on human factors in control room design and operation. Designers, engineers and human factors practioners in industry who wish to gain a good introduction to the theoretical and practical issues relevant to control room design will benefit from this book.'</p>
- Steve Shorrock, DNV Consulting,
As industrial processes have become more automated, there is increasing concern about the performance of the people who control these systems. Human error is increasingly cited as the cause of accidents across many sectors of industry.
This book provides state-of-the-art information on various aspects of human-machine interaction and human-centred issues encountered in the control room setting. Subject coverage includes vigilance and human error in control room situations, analysis and training of control room activities, and control room design including alarm systems.
Based on a successful multi-disciplinary IEE conference and illustrated with useful casestudies, this book is essential reading for all students, engineering professionals and managers interested in human-machine interaction and human performance and ergonomics within the control room setting.
The aim of this book is to provide state-of-the-art information on various aspects of human-machine intereraction and human-centred issues encountered in the control room setting. Illustrated with useful case studies.
- Part I: Human performance
- Chapter 1: Human error
- Chapter 2: Memory and complex skills
- Chapter 3: Vigilance
- Chapter 4: Situation awareness
- Chapter 5: Team working
- Part II: Memory and complex skills
- Chapter 6: Training for control room tasks
- Chapter 7: Humans and machines: Allocation of function
- Chapter 8: Tasks analysis
- Chapter 9: Training and technology for teams
- Chapter 10: Naturalistic analysis of control room activities
- Part III: Control room design
- Chapter 11: Development of a railway ergonomics control assessment package (RECAR)
- Chapter 12: Control room mock-up trials
- Chapter 13: Design of alarm systems
- Chapter 14: Decision support in process control plants
- Chapter 15: Training controllers, interface design and mental workload
- Chapter 16: Power generation: The advanced control desk
- Chapter 17: Human-centred design for railway applications
- Chapter 18: Integrated platform management system design for future naval warships