Human Factors in Alarm Design

Stanton, Neville A.

A human factors approach; urgency mapping in auditory warning signals; an experiment to support the design of VDU-based alarm lists for power plant operators; testing risk homeostasis theory in a simulated process control task - implications for alarm reduction strategies; operator support systems for status identification and alarm processing at the OECD Halden Reactor Project - experiences and perspectives for future development; alarm initiated activities; supervisory control behaviour and the implementation of alarms in process control; the alarm matrix; cognitive demands and activities in dynamic fault management - abductive reasoning and disturbance management; ergonomics and engineering aspects of designing an alarm system for a modern nuclear power plant; alarms in nuclear power plant control rooms - current approaches and future design; psychological aspects of conventional in-car warning devices; sources of confusion in intensive therapy unit alarms; key topics in alarm design.