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Simulator-based Human Factors Studies Across 25 Years

The History of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Ann Britt Skjerve

    1. , OECD Halden Reactor Project, Institute for Energy Technology, Halden, Norway

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  2. Andreas Bye

    1. , OECD Halden Reactor Project, Institute for Energy Technology, Halden, Norway

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  • Gives the history of the human factors research carried out in the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory
  • Provides readers with the knowledge needed for solving practical problems in nuclear power plant operation
  • Written by experts with first-hand experience of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. INTRODUCTION

    1. The Use of Simulators in Human Factors Studies Within the Nuclear Industry

      • Ronald Laurids Boring
      Pages 3-12

    2. The History of HAMMLAB

      • Fridtjov Øwre
      Pages 13-42

  4. Perspectives on Simulator Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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  5. PERSPECTIVES ON SIMULATOR STUDIES

    1. The Purpose of HAMMLAB and the Theoretical Basis for Experimental Research

      • Gyrd Skraaning Jr., Andreas Bye
      Pages 45-56

    2. Methodological Challenges in HAMMLAB

      • Gyrd Skraaning Jr., Maren Helene Rø Eitrheim
      Pages 57-74

    3. Simulator Studies: The Next Best Thing?

      • Erik Hollnagel
      Pages 75-90

    4. Human Performance and Plant Safety Performance

      • John M. O’Hara, J. Persensky
      Pages 91-106

  6. Simulator Studies in HAMMLAB: Early Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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  7. SIMULATOR STUDIES IN HAMMLAB - EARLY STUDIES

    1. More than 40 Years of Operator-Process-Communication Research

      • Jon Øyen Hol, Thorbjørn J. Bjørlo
      Pages 109-124

    2. Experiments with Conventional and Advanced Modes of Instrumentation in HAMMLAB

      • Ed Marshall
      Pages 125-137

    3. The Advanced Control Room Project ISACS

      • Kjell Haugset
      Pages 139-151

  8. Simulator Studies in Hammlab: Recent Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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  9. SIMULATOR STUDIES IN HAMMLAB - RECENT STUDIES

    1. Alarm Systems

      • Øivind Berg, Magnhild Kaarstad, Jan Erik Farbrot, Christer Nihlwing, Tommy Karlsson, Belen Torralba
      Pages 155-167

    2. Information Display Design: Three Attempts at Superseding the Traditional Process Mimic Display

      • Gisle Andresen
      Pages 169-180

    3. Staffing Levels: Methods for Assessing Requirements

      • Angelia Sebok, Beth Plott
      Pages 181-196

    4. Computerized Procedures

      • Svein Nilsen, Yeong Cheol Shin
      Pages 197-214

    5. Can Human Operators and High-Level Automatic Systems Work Together?

      • Ann Britt Skjerve, Gyrd Skraaning Jr., Ray Saarni, Stine Strand
      Pages 215-231

    6. Task Complexity: What Challenges the Crew and How Do They Cope

      • Per Øivind Braarud, Barry Kirwan
      Pages 233-251
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About this book

The Halden Man-Machine Laboratory (HAMMLAB) has been at the heart of human factors research at the OECD Halden Reactor Project (HRP). The HRP is sponsored by a group of national organizations, representing nuclear power plant regulators, utilities, and research institutions. The HRP is hosted by the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Halden, Norway. HAMMLAB comprises three full-scale nuclear power plant control room research simulators. The simulator studies performed in HAMMLAB have traditionally been experimental in nature. In a simulator it is possible to study events as they unfold in real time, in a highly realistic operational environment under partially controlled conditions. This means that a wide range of human factors issues, which would be impossible or highly impracticable to study in real-life settings, can thus be addressed in HAMMLAB. Simulator-based Human Factors Studies Across 25 Years celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of HAMMLAB by reviewing the human factors studies performed in HAMMLAB across this time-span. A range of human factors issues have been addressed, including: • human-system interfaces; • alarm systems; • computerized procedures; • human-automation interaction; • staffing, teamwork and human reliability. The aim of HAMMLAB studies has always been the same: to generate knowledge for solving current and future challenges in nuclear power plant operation to contribute to safety. The outcomes of HAMMLAB studies have been used to support design and assessment of nuclear power plant control rooms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , OECD Halden Reactor Project, Institute for Energy Technology, Halden, Norway

    Ann Britt Skjerve, Andreas Bye

About the editors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Simulator-based Human Factors Studies Across 25 Years

  • Book Subtitle: The History of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory

  • Editors: Ann Britt Skjerve, Andreas Bye

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-003-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-002-1Published: 16 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5728-1Published: 31 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-003-8Published: 07 December 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 364

  • Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Nuclear Energy, Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

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