Study on modeling of operator´s learning mechanism

Author

Yoshimura, Seiichi ; Takayanagi, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Human factors Res. Center, Central Res. Inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

721

Abstract

One effective method to analyze the causes of human errors is to model the behavior of a human and to simulate it. The Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) has developed an operator team behavior simulation system called SYBORG (Simulation sYstem for the Behavior of an OpeRating Group) in order to analyze human errors and to establish countermeasures for them. The operator behavior model within SYBORG has no learning mechanism and the knowledge about a plant is fixed; therefore it cannot take suitable actions when unknown situations occur, nor can it learn anything from the experience. However, considering actual operators, learning is essential in order to enhance their ability to diagnose plant anomalies, and this may lead to improved plant safety. This paper describes the study results of modeling operators´ learning mechanisms, taking human nature into account

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; digital simulation; errors; power engineering computing; power plants; psychology; SYBORG; countermeasures; human behaviour modelling; human errors; human nature; operator learning mechanism; operator team behaviour simulation system; plant anomaly diagnosis; plant knowledge; plant safety; unknown situations; Airplanes; Analytical models; Cause effect analysis; Decision making; Error analysis; Human factors; Learning systems; Power generation; Power system modeling; Safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5731-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1999.823317

Filename

823317