The use of simulation in the development of human factors guidelines for alarm systems

Author

O´Hara, J. ; Brown, William S. ; Halbert, B. ; Skraaning, Gyrd ; Wachtel, Jerry ; Persensky, J.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Adv. Technol., Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

8-13 Jun 1997

Lastpage

1813

Abstract

This paper describes a research program sponsored by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to address the human factors engineering (HFE) aspects of nuclear power plant alarm systems. The overall objective of the program is to develop HFE review guidance for advanced alarm systems. As part of this program, guidance was developed based on a broad review and analysis of technical and research literature. In the course of guidance development, aspects of alarm system design for which the technical basis was insufficient to support guidance development were identified. Experimental research is currently underway to address the highest priority topics: alarm processing and display characteristics. This paper provides an overview of our approach to guidance development and discusses the role of simulation in the development approach. Finally, the current simulator-based experiment is described to illustrate how the alarm system design features are being studied

Keywords

alarm systems; digital simulation; human factors; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear power stations; simulation; US Nuclear Regulatory Commission; alarm display characteristics; alarm processing; alarm system design; alarm system design features; alarm systems; human factors engineering; human factors guidelines; human-system interface; man-machine system; nuclear power plant alarm systems; simulation; Alarm systems; Data engineering; Displays; Guidelines; Human factors; Inductors; Laboratories; Man machine systems; Power engineering and energy; Power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human Factors and Power Plants, 1997. Global Perspectives of Human Factors in Power Generation., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Sixth Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3769-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HFPP.1997.624935

Filename

624935