Practical use of work analysis to support rail electrical control rooms: A case of alarm handling

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-160

  Dadashi, Nastaran ^a   Wilson, John R ^a,b   Golightly, David ^a   Sharples, Sarah ^a   Clarke, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm handling; Cognitive work analysis; Control room displays; Human machine interface; Rail electrical control

Indexed keywords

ALARM HANDLING; COGNITIVE WORK ANALYSIS; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONTROL; HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; INFORMATION DISPLAY; RAIL SIGNALLING;

ALARM SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883613761     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 20413017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954409712465709     Document Type: Article

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