Human-factors engineering for smart transport: Decision support for car drivers and train traffic controllers
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Automobile Driving
Adaptive interfaces Traffic control Railway Decision Making Human engineering Supervision Bioengineering Decision support systems Adaptive systems Information system Traffic Informatics Driving ability Automation Car driver User-Computer Interface Cognition Computer-Assisted Task Performance and Analysis Analytic method Traffic Humans Attention Traffic and transport Man-Machine Systems Railroads Netherlands Problem solving Cognitive systems Reminder system Traffic safety Equipment Design Environmental factor Decision support Car Accidents Cognitive engineering Data Display Ergonomics |
| Popis: | The theme Smart Transport can be described as adequate human-system symbiosis to realize effective, efficient and human-friendly transport of goods and information. This paper addresses how to attune automation to human (cognitive) capacities (e.g. to take care of information uncertainty, operator trust and mutual man-machine adaptations). An introduction to smart transport is presented, including examples of best practice for engineering human factors in the vehicle ergonomics and train traffic control domain. The examples are representative of an ongoing trend in automation and they show how the human role changes from controller to supervisor. Section 2 focuses on the car driver and systems that support, or sometimes even take over, critical parts of the driving task. Due to the diversity of driver ability, driving context and dependence between driver and context factors, there is a need for personalised, adaptive and integrated support. Systematic research is needed to establish sound systems. Section 3 focuses on the train dispatcher support systems that predict train movements, detect potential conflicts and show the dispatcher the possibilities available to solve the detected problems. Via thorough analysis of both the process to be controlled and the dispatchers tasks and cognitive needs, support functions were developed as part of an already very complex supervision and control system. The two examples, although from a different field, both show the need for further development in cognitive modelling as well as for the value of sound ergonomics task analysis in design practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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