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Author:   Ann Britt Skjerve ,  Andreas Bye
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   2011 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.587kg
ISBN:  

9781447157281

ISBN 10:   1447157281
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   31 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. The Use of Simulators in Human Factors Studies Within the Nuclear Industry.- 2. The History of HAMMLAB.- 3. The Purpose of HAMMLAB and the Theoretical Basis for Experimental Research.- 4. Methodological Challenges in HAMMLAB.- 5. Simulator Studies – The Next Best Thing?.- 6. Human Performance and Plant Safety Performance.- 7. More Than Forty Years of Operator-Process-Communication Research.- 8. Experiments with Conventional and Advanced Modes of Instrumentation in HAMMLAB.- 9. The Advanced Control Room Project ISACS.- 10. Alarm Systems.- 11. Information Display Design: Three Attempts at Superseding the Traditional Process Mimic Display.- 12. Staffing Levels: Methods for Assessing Requirements.- 13. Computerized Procedures.- 14. Can Human Operators and High-Level Automatic Systems Work Together?.- 15. Task Complexity - What Challenges the Crew and How Do They Cope?.- 16. International HRA Empirical Study, Overall Methodology and HAMMLAB Results.- 17. Work Practices and Cooperation in a Near Future and Far Future Operational Environment.- 18. Augmented and Virtual Reality Research in Halden 1998 – 2008.- 19. Knowledge Transfer to Industry from HAMMLAB Related Research Activities.- 20. Human Performance Research and Its Uses to Inform Human Reliability Analysis.- 21. Studies for the Future.

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Ann Britt Skjerve holds a Bachelor of Art (Psychology), Master of Art (Psychology) and a PhD (Psychology) from the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She joined the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in 1997, and currently holds positions as Principal Scientist and Deputy Division Head in the Industrial Psychology Division. Ann Britt has been working with a broad range of applied human factors issues within the domains of nuclear power plant operation, train traffic control and petroleum production, both in terms of laboratory-based studies and in consultancy settings. Her main research interests include human-automation interaction, facilitating team performance, teamwork training of distributed teams, and usability assessments. Andreas Bye holds an MSc in Engineering Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He joined the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in 1989, where he is currently Head of the Industrial Psychology Department. Until 2001, he worked in the Computerized Operation Support Systems Department at IFE on topics including alarm systems and function allocation. His current professional interests include human and organizational factors for industrial safety, human reliability, and the use of empirical human performance data to support probabilistic safety assessment.

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