Empirical research on an ecological interface design for improving situation awareness of operators in an advanced control room

Kim, Sa Kil; Suh, Sang Moon; Jang, Gwi Sook; Hong, Seung Kweon; Park, Jung Chul

doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.08.026

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“…Other studies presented in UI literature which aim to improve UI design commonly start with identification of novel technological affordance or powerful design concepts, which is usually followed by studies to explore their effects on the operator's SA in a specific application context. Examples of these approaches are ecological interface designs for nuclear process control (Burns et al 2008), (Kim et al 2012), integrated user interface designs for nurses in intensive care units (Koch et al 2013), and interface designs for supporting the situation awareness of anesthesiologists (Zhang et al 2002). In this paper, we discussed how we instead used the insights concerning the deficiencies of current systems and formal modeling methods used for information engineering as a robust basis of formulating concepts of efficient UIs.…”

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Information engineering for developing and testing coherent, integrated and context-dependent user interfaces

2017

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There has been an increase in the amount and complexity of traffic on Dutch inland waterways. Traffic management shifted from local traffic control to corridor traffic management. Due to these changes, operators in nautical traffic management centers experience difficulty to gain and maintain sufficient situation awareness. In our previous research, three groups of deficiencies of current situation awareness support have been identified. To overcome these deficiencies, a theoretical framework for information engineering user interface concepts was developed and used for designing three interface concepts. A coherent, an integrated and a context-dependent adaptable user interface were designed and implemented as testable prototypes. To support the process of information engineering, we combined user-centered design techniques with the formalism of set theory, directed graphs and semantic networks. From a methodological point of view, these proved to be useful both in conceptualization and implementation of the concepts. The usability of these concepts was tested in a simulator environment. The results show that the implemented prototypes represent an important improvement compared to the traditional interface solutions currently used by nautical traffic management operators. However, it was recognized that the coherent user interface implementation still suffered from a number of deficiencies. The context-dependent adaptable user interface was evaluated most positively.

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Information engineering for developing and testing coherent, integrated and context-dependent user interfaces

2017

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“…interface design for nuclear power plant control rooms, Kim, Suh, Jang, Hong & Park, 2012) and consequently improve process safety. This paper utilizes the Drillers' SA model (Roberts, Flin & Cleland, 2015a) as the basis for an applied cognitive task analysis to identify the key SA components required for the offshore drillers to complete the safety critical task of kick detection.…”

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How to recognise a kick: A cognitive task analysis of drillers’ situation awareness during well operations

Roberts

Flin

Cleland

2016

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

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“…In Burns et al, a Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) [30] was used to measure the objective SA, while SART was applied to measure the subjective SA of participants in the present experiment. Kim et al [22] used Situation Awareness Control Room Inventory and SART to evaluate both objective and subjective SA. However, discussion of the efficiency between these two objective and subjective SA techniques is absent.…”

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“…Significant research has since verified the successful use of EID concepts in the power plant domain [14,[18][19][20][21][22]. However, little research has been done on the use of EID development in Taiwanese power plants.…”

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An interface redesign for the feed-water system of the advanced boiling water reactor in a nuclear power plant in Taiwan

Hsieh

Chiu

Hwang

2014

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

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A well-designed human-computer interface for the visual display unit in the control room of a complex environment can enhance operator efficiency and, thus, environmental safety. In fact, a cognitive gap often exists between an interface designer and an interface user. Therefore, the issue of the cognitive gap of interface design needs more improvement and investigation. This is an empirical study that presents the application of an ecological interface design (EID) using three cases and demonstrates that an EID framework can support operators in various complex situations. Specifically, it analyzes different levels of automation and emergency condition response at the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan. A simulated feed-water system was developed involving two interface styles. This study uses the NASA Task Load Index to objectively evaluate the mental workload of the human operators and the Situation Awareness Rating Technique to subjectively assess operator understanding and response, and is a pilot study investigating EID display format use at nuclear power plants in Taiwan. Results suggest the EID-based interface has a remarkable advantage over the original interface in supporting operator performance in the areas of response time and accuracy rate under both normal and emergency situations and provide supporting evidence that an EID-based interface can effectively enhance monitoring tasks in a complex environment.Keyword: human computer interface; interface design; ecological interface design; nuclear power plant IntroductionSince the early 1990s, there have been extensive applications of computers and digital technology in the control rooms of nuclear power plants [1]. In a control room, an operator's task is to monitor the system states, keep the plant under control, and ensure proper system performance throughout the operation [2]. Given that a nuclear accident is intolerable and unaffordable, plant-related issues have drawn increasing attention. Numerous studies have pointed out that a well-designed human-computer interface can enhance human performance and decrease the probability of human error [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Such an interface can help operators analyze system states with higher accuracy and agility [9].The human-computer interface of the visual display unit (VDU) plays an important role in Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) since it is the primary resource for operators to access critical information about plant operations [10]. To ensure plant safety, a series of human factor guidelines (e.g., [11,12]) have been developed and

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Empirical research on an ecological interface design for improving situation awareness of operators in an advanced control room

Cited by 26 publications

References 18 publications

Information engineering for developing and testing coherent, integrated and context-dependent user interfaces

Information engineering for developing and testing coherent, integrated and context-dependent user interfaces

How to recognise a kick: A cognitive task analysis of drillers’ situation awareness during well operations

An interface redesign for the feed-water system of the advanced boiling water reactor in a nuclear power plant in Taiwan

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