Overview
- Gives the history of the human factors research carried out in the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory
- Provides readers with the knowledge needed for solving practical problems in nuclear power plant operation
- Written by experts with first-hand experience of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (21 papers)
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SIMULATOR STUDIES IN HAMMLAB - EARLY STUDIES
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SIMULATOR STUDIES IN HAMMLAB - RECENT STUDIES
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ann Britt Skjerve holds a Bachelor of Art (Psychology), Master of Art (Psychology) and a PhD (Psychology) from the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She joined the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in 1997, and currently holds positions as Principal Scientist and Deputy Division Head in the Industrial Psychology Division. Ann Britt has been working with a broad range of applied human factors issues within the domains of nuclear power plant operation, train traffic control and petroleum production, both in terms of laboratory-based studies and in consultancy settings. Her main research interests include human-automation interaction, facilitating team performance, teamwork training of distributed teams, and usability assessments.
Andreas Bye holds an MSc in Engineering Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He joined the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in 1989, where he is currently Head of the Industrial Psychology Department. Until 2001, he worked in the Computerized Operation Support Systems Department at IFE on topics including alarm systems and function allocation. His current professional interests include human and organizational factors for industrial safety, human reliability, and the use of empirical human performance data to support probabilistic safety assessment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Simulator-based Human Factors Studies Across 25 Years
Book Subtitle: The History of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory
Editors: Ann Britt Skjerve, Andreas Bye
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-003-8
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-002-1Published: 16 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5728-1Published: 31 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-003-8Published: 07 December 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 364
Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Nuclear Energy, Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems