Title :
Coping with complexity in process control: the effects of cooperation
Author_Institution :
Service de Psychol. du Travail, Liege Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
Many studies have shown that the control-room operators reduce the complexity of work situations in order to reach the goals of the task while managing their resources. This paper deals with the effects of cooperation between the operators and the rest of the team on the implementation of such a reduction of complexity
Keywords :
management; process control; control-room operators; cooperation; process control; work situation complexity reduction; Control systems; Delay effects; Humans; Predictive models; Process control; Product safety; Productivity; Psychology; Resource management; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1993. 'Systems Engineering in the Service of Humans', Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Le Touquet
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0911-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1993.385038