TY - GEN
T1 - Advantages and disadvantages of physiological assessment for next generation control room design
AU - Tran, Tuan Q.
AU - Boring, Ronald L.
AU - Dudenhoeffer, Donald D.
AU - Keller, M. David
AU - Anderson, Tessa M.
AU - Hallbert, Bruce
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We propose using non-obtrusive physiological assessment (e.g., eye tracking,) to assess human information processing errors (e.g., loss of vigilance) and limitations (e.g., workload) for advanced energy systems early in the design process. This physiological approach for assessing risk will circumvent many limitations of current risk methodologies such as subjective rating (e.g., rater's biases) and performance modeling (e.g., risk assessment is scripted and is based upon the individual modeler's judgment). Key uses will be to evaluate (early in the design process) novel control room equipment and configurations as well as newly developed automated systems that will inevitably place a high information load on operators. The physiological risk assessment tool will allow better precision in pinpointing problematic design issues and will provide a "real-time" assessment of risk. Furthermore, this physiological approach would extend the state-of-the-art of human reliability methods from a "static" measure to more "dynamic." This paper will discuss a broad range of the current popular online performance gauges as well as its advantages and disadvantages for use in next generation control room.
AB - We propose using non-obtrusive physiological assessment (e.g., eye tracking,) to assess human information processing errors (e.g., loss of vigilance) and limitations (e.g., workload) for advanced energy systems early in the design process. This physiological approach for assessing risk will circumvent many limitations of current risk methodologies such as subjective rating (e.g., rater's biases) and performance modeling (e.g., risk assessment is scripted and is based upon the individual modeler's judgment). Key uses will be to evaluate (early in the design process) novel control room equipment and configurations as well as newly developed automated systems that will inevitably place a high information load on operators. The physiological risk assessment tool will allow better precision in pinpointing problematic design issues and will provide a "real-time" assessment of risk. Furthermore, this physiological approach would extend the state-of-the-art of human reliability methods from a "static" measure to more "dynamic." This paper will discuss a broad range of the current popular online performance gauges as well as its advantages and disadvantages for use in next generation control room.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/49749134741
U2 - 10.1109/HFPP.2007.4413216
DO - 10.1109/HFPP.2007.4413216
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:49749134741
SN - 1424403065
SN - 9781424403066
T3 - IEEE Conference on Human Factors and Power Plants
SP - 259
EP - 263
BT - Joint 8th IEEE HFPP Conference on Human Factor and Power Plants and 13th HPRCT Annual Workshop on Human Performance, Root Cause, Trending, Operating Experience, Self Assessment
T2 - Joint 8th IEEE HFPP Conference on Human Factor and Power Plants and 13th HPRCT Annual Workshop on Human Performance, Root Cause, Trending, Operating Experience, Self Assessment
Y2 - 26 August 2007 through 31 August 2007
ER -