People in control : an International Conference on Human Interfaces in Control Rooms, Cockpits and Command Centres, 21-23 June 1999 ; venue, University of Bath, Bath, UK / organised by The Human Systems Engineering Group of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, in association with British Computer Society (Human Computer Interaction Specialist Group) ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institution of Electrical Engineers.

Series:

Conference publication (Institution of Electrical Engineers) ; no. 463.

Conference publication ; no. 463

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-computer interaction--Congresses.

Human-computer interaction.

User interfaces (Computer systems)--Congresses.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xx, 461 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, [1999]

Contents:

Human Performance

Surveying the scene: the monitoring practices of staff in control rooms / P Luff, C Heath 1

Assessing the human vigilance capacity of control room operators / C H M Donald 7

Re-design of a multi-operator control room based on workload analysis / E Plug, V B P van der Ploeg 12

The design of a human factors questionnaire for cockpit assessment / I R Craig, G L Burrett 16

Modelling human performance in semi-automated systems / A J Bunting, A J Belyavin 21

Transport Systems

Evaluation of control room human factors: a case study in the railway industry / L A Cordiner, J R Wilson, S Roberts 26

Train controller interface design: factors influencing mental workload / W A MacDonald 31

Human centred design principles / F Schmid, L M Collis 37

Case studies on human centred design for railways / F Schmid, L M Collis 44

Incorporating human factors concerns into the design and safety engineering of complex control systems / J Good, A Blanford 51

Teamworking

Tools for capturing and training shared understanding in teams / R G Pascual 57

Supporting distributed and ad-hoc team interaction / R Pascual, M C Mills, C Blendell 64

Human factors issues in future command spaces / C J Ives, S D Brennen 72

An approach to grid control engineer training using national occupational standards / G P Keogh, I A McKenzie 77

Activating, developing and maintaining effective schema in mental models of dynamic time critical team-oriented behaviour / M J Cook, L Elder, R G Pascual 83

Power Station

Developments in electricity generation plant control management / A J Lichnowski 90

From hard desk to soft desk - the changing operator interface / C R Dicken 96

Control room for high efficiency power plant / R Hvelplund 101

Keynote Address

(Still) Striving for Utopia / Malcolm H Mills 108

Safety and human error in automated air traffic control / V D Hopkin 113

Safety I

Situational awareness through the interface: evaluating safety in safety critical control systems / C Sandom 119

A proposed integrated platform management system design for the RN future surface combatant / I MacLeod, D Smeall 125

The design of modern control centres for the 21st Century - human factors and technologies / C S Chang, C M Lau 131

Process Plants

Control room re-instrumentation: "on line" / J R Willdridge 137

Central control rooms and petrochemical plants: costs and benefits / P Millner, T Cochran, P Bullemer 142

Transforming the control environment: flexible systems and people / G Booth, M I Pedley 148

Operability needn't cost more / N R Brown 152

Safety II

Human factors and safety integrity - IEC 61508 / S J Brown 156

The case for control and operability (coop) studies / J Love 162

The error-minimised display of information about high integrity systems / E M Hickling 173

Enhancing the safety of future systems / Y Bowler, E Hutchinson, L Cullen 179

Display Design

The evolution of process graphics / E Nygren 184

Ergonomics in the design of process plant control rooms / C D Swann 189

Evaluation of interfaces for s&c of large technical systems / B Boussoffara, P F Elzer 194

Innovative graphical interfaces using object databases for power system analysis and control / T Berry, G S Wang, R S Partridge 200

Application of WWW technology to the human-machine interface / P B Lewis 206

Alarms

Soft control desks- producing an effective alarm system / C R Dicken 212

The alarm system from the operator's perspective / C T Mattiasson 217

A methodology for alarm classification and prioritisation / C R Timms 222

Structured methods for the design of power plant control and alarm systems / D J Adams 229

Future Interfaces I

Mediated decision making in multi - crew systems / M J Cook, C Angus, C Campbell 235

The potential of augmented reality technology for training support systems / A L Young, A W Stedman, C A Cook 242

Operator support systems in s&c of large technical systems / P F Elzer, B Boussoffara 247

Development of a methodology for knowledge engineering in the work-place / K Mackenzie 253

Human Error

Results of a preliminary survey into the usability of accident and incident reports / P Snowdon, C W Johnson 258

The factors influencing human errors in military aircraft maintenance / S G Russell 263

Investigating pilots' cognitive processes in aviation accidents / D K Busse, C W Johnson 270

The role of the operator in power plant incidents / S M Mirabdolbaqi 276

Other Interfaces

The use of a security system in control rooms: from practice to design consequences / R J van Loo 280

Providing electrical system control for an industrial site / C R Hodgson, J Harling 286

Handling information tools in turbulent environments: a view from the trading floor / X Lin 292

Developing a workstation for stocktraders / I Burmistrov 298

A man-machine interface for an Al-based telerobotic system / A R Graves, C A Czarnecki 302

Ergonomics

A user centred approach to the management of complex systems / M Anderson, D Embrey, L Kanse 308

Human factors pitfalls in the automation of command / S M Henderson 313

A human factors integration capability maturity model / J Earthy, Y Bowler, M Forster, R Taylor 320

Reviews of the application of task analysis / L K Ainsworth 327

Aircraft

Control mechanisms in a virtual cockpit / J Ineson 331

Auditory feedback in avionics application / M L N Kazam, J Noyes, B Pilsworth 337

The technology of ergonomic touch entry devices / T Zeh 343

Human error analysis of a safety related air traffic control engineering procedure / K Cartmale, S A Forbes 346

Management of human factors in a fixed price programme / J R Cozens, J F Appleton 352

Human machine interaction research at the OECD Halden Reactor Project / M Green 357

Task analysis and assessment of written procedures / L K Ainsworth 364

Why do we need an international standard for control rooms? / J Wood 368

Explanation, training and decision support for process control / T M Khan, K E Brown, J Kwaan, R McKinnel 373

The design of the control room environment / K D Smith, B A Walker 379

Ship

Design and assessment of ship control centres / J V Earthy, E Styhr Petersen 381

Investigating methods of dynamic function allocation for naval command and control / C A Cook, C Corbridge, C A Morgan, E Turpin 388

Cognitive aspects of interface design and human - centred automation on ship bridge: the example of ARPA/ECDIS integration / M May 394

Human factors design of future ship control centres / T Crampin, S D Foxhall, R E Bishop 400

Communicating with technology: design concepts for future platform management / B Sherwood-Jones, T McClean, D J Carr 406

Future Interfaces II

Decision support in process plants: visualisation of experiences / C Skourup, A B Aune 412

Ground stations for analysis of electronic surveillance imagery / I D C Andrew 418

A study on speech-input interfaces for power control and information system / O Segawa, N Nishimata, M Takahashi, M Arimoto 422

Speech interfaces in real - time control systems / C Campbell, M J Cook, C Angus, C Cranmer 428

Electricity Distribution

People in power system control in the next century / L R Clarke, S P Allamby 434

Co-operative task support for the control room / R Patel, R J Mitchell, K Warwick 440

Sparse - an intelligent alarm processor for Portuguese transmission control centres / Z Vale, C Ramos, L Faria, N Malheiro, A Silva, A Marques 446

Controlling the London Underground power supply system under the Power Private Finance Initiative (PFI) / A J Pallett 452

Electrical SCADA systems from the operators perspective / M A Higgs 458.

ISBN:

0852967152

OCLC:

41661297