Simulator-based human factors studies across 25 years : the history of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory

Contents Part I Introduction 1 The Use of Simulators in Human Factors Studies Within the Nuclear Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Ronald Laurids Boring 2 The History of HAMMLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Fridtjov Øwre Part II Perspectives on Simulator Studies 3 The Purpose of HAMMLAB and the Theoretical Basis for Experimental Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Gyrd Skraaning Jr. and Andreas Bye 4 Methodological Challenges in HAMMLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Gyrd Skraaning Jr. and Maren Helene Rø Eitrheim 5 Simulator Studies: The Next Best Thing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Erik Hollnagel 6 Human Performance and Plant Safety Performance . . . . . . . . . . 91 John M. O’Hara and J. Persensky Part III Simulator Studies in HAMMLAB: Early Studies 7 More than 40 Years of Operator-Process-Communication Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Jon Øyen Hol and Thorbjørn J. Bjørlo xiii 8 Experiments with Conventional and Advanced Modes of Instrumentation in HAMMLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Ed Marshall 9 The Advanced Control Room Project ISACS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Kjell Haugset Part IV Simulator Studies in HAMMLAB: Recent Studies 10 Alarm Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Øivind Berg, Magnhild Kaarstad, Jan Erik Farbrot, Christer Nihlwing, Tommy Karlsson and Belen Torralba 11 Information Display Design: Three Attempts at Superseding the Traditional Process Mimic Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Gisle Andresen 12 Staffing Levels: Methods for Assessing Requirements . . . . . . . . . 181 Angelia Sebok and Beth Plott 13 Computerized Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Svein Nilsen and Yeong Cheol Shin 14 Can Human Operators and High-Level Automatic Systems Work Together? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Ann Britt Skjerve, Gyrd Skraaning Jr., Ray Saarni and Stine Strand 15 Task Complexity: What Challenges the Crew and How Do They Cope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Per Øivind Braarud and Barry Kirwan 16 International HRA Empirical Study, Overall Methodology and HAMMLAB Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Salvatore Massaiu, Andreas Bye, Per Øivind Braarud, Helena Broberg, Michael Hildebrandt, Vinh N. Dang, Erasmia Lois and John A. Forester 17 Work Practices and Cooperation in a Near Future and Far Future Operational Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Magnhild Kaarstad, Espen Nystad and Stine Strand 18 Augmented and Virtual Reality Research in Halden 1998–2008 . . 287 Michael N. Louka xiv Contents Part V Outlook 19 Knowledge Transfer to Industry from HAMMLAB Related Research Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Thorbjørn J. Bjørlo 20 Human Performance Research and Its Uses to Inform Human Reliability Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Bruce P. Hallbert, Vinh N. Dang and Erasmia Lois 21 Studies for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Espen Nystad, Bernard Papin, Andreas Bye, Ann Britt Skjerve, Michael Louka, Fridtjov Øwre, Øivind Berg, Jan O. Heimdal and Per Øivind Braarud Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359