People in Control: Human Factors in Control Room Design

by J. Noyes, M. Bransby

Overview

The aim of this book is to provide state-of-the-art information on various aspects of humanmachine intereraction and human-centred issues encountered in the control room setting. Illustrated with useful case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780852969786
Publisher:	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Publication date:	12/19/2001
Series:	IEE Monographs
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface: Humans and technology by Erik Hollnagel Part 1 - Human Performance 1: Human error by Jan Noyes 2: Memory and complex systems by Malcolm Cook 3: Vigilance by Craig Donald 4: Situational awareness by Carl Sandom 5: Supporting control room teamwork by Raph Pascual, Matthew Mills & Simon Henderson 6: Training for control room tasks by Andrew Shepherd Part 2 - Methods 7: Humans and machines: allocation of function by Neville Moray 8: Task analysis by Les Ainsworth 9: Training teams by Raph Pascual, Matthew Mills & Simon Henderson 10: Naturalistic analysis of control room activities by Paul Luff & Christian Heath 11: Development of a railway ergonomics control assessment package by Lucy Cordiner & Sarah Nichols and John Wilson Part 3 - Control Room Design 12: Control room mock-up trials by John Wood 13: The design of control room alarm systems by Matthew Bransby 14: Decision support by Charlotte Skourup & Arthur Aune 15: Train controllers, interface design and mental workload by Wendy MacDonald 16: Power generation: the advanced control desk by Andy Lichnowski & Chris Dicken 17: Human centred design for railway applications by Lynne Collis and Felix Schmid 18: Integrated platform management system design for future naval warships by Iain MacLeod & Derek Smeall