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The integration of new digital instrumentation and control (I&C) technologies like advanced human-system interfaces in U.S. nuclear power plant main control rooms is important for addressing long-term aging and obsolescence of existing I&C. Nonetheless, attention should be made to ensure these technologies reflect state-of-the-art human factors engineering (HFE) principles. Often, there is conflicting guidance from one guideline to another, requiring the analyst to make a judgment call on addressing these ‘tradeoffs.’ The objective of this research was to inform the analyst of these tradeoffs through an empirical investigation of how certain display features that characterize common HFE guidelines concerning visual clutter and saliency influence information processing in a naturalistic context. By understanding the unique contribution of each display feature using a multilevel model, the HFE analyst should have an understanding of the interrelations of each feature with its impact on cognitive processes. Results and implications are discussed in this paper.
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Kovesdi, C., Le Blanc, K., Spielman, Z., Hill, R., Oxstrand, J. (2019). Quantifying the Contribution of Individual Display Features on Fixation Duration to Support Human-System Interface Design in Nuclear Power Plants. In: Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 787. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94229-2_44
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