Cognitive Work Analysis practicality and limitations in complex control systems: A case of alarm handling

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 11, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm system; Cognitive system; Cognitive work analysis; Human machine interface; Railways

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE TASK; COGNITIVE WORK ANALYSIS; COMPLEX CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL CONTROL; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; RAILWAYS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TANGIBLE DESIGNS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901939357     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20100831-4-fr-2021.00051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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