Effects of varying the threshold of alarm systems and workload on human performance

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1127-1147

  Bustamante, E A ^a   Bliss, J P ^a   Anderson, B L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False Alarm Prone and Miss Prone Automation

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

ALARM SIGNALS; FALSE-ALARM-PRONE; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MISS-PRONE AUTOMATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34249701792     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701237345     Document Type: Article

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