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

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 253, Issue , 2012, Pages 226-237

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

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chungju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISPLAY; NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS; NUCLEAR-POWER INDUSTRY; SITUATION AWARENESS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 84873330930     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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