Including the whys and wherefores in procedural training: intelligent training for emergencies in nuclear power plants

Author

Lee, Walter ; Pangaro, Paul ; Wilkinson, William ; Gander, Stephen J.

Author_Institution

Soliton Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

13-16 Oct 1991

Firstpage

1877

Abstract

The authors have constructed a workstation-based system to train nuclear power plant operators in the proper execution of emergency operating procedures (EOPs). This emergency operating procedure support system (EOP-SS) consists of three interacting modules: (1) an EOP modeler that captures the reasoning associated with the correct execution of one or many EOPs; (2) a hypermedia-based intelligent tutor that imparts mental models of the technical bases underlying the EOPs; and (3) a PC-based simulation of the power plant that generates various emergency scenarios. The entire system is data-driven and directly available to the users through direct manipulation graphical user interfaces. The system provides training for very complex procedural tasks that is far richer and more robust than that provided by currently available modes

Keywords

computer aided instruction; digital simulation; graphical user interfaces; hypermedia; interactive systems; knowledge based systems; nuclear power stations; safety; training; EOP-SS; computer aided instruction; emergency operating procedure support system; emergency operating procedures; graphical user interfaces; hypermedia-based intelligent tutor; intelligent training; interacting modules; nuclear power plants; reasoning; workstation-based system; Cognitive science; Contracts; Drives; Graphical user interfaces; Power generation; Power system modeling; Prototypes; Robustness; Solitons; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1991. 'Decision Aiding for Complex Systems, Conference Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0233-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1991.169958

Filename

169958