Human Reliability Studies With Microworld Simulators

The authors have recently developed a microworld, a simplified process control simulator, to simulate a nuclear power plant. The microworld provides an environment that can be readily manipulated to gather data using a range of participants, from students to fully qualified operators. Because the mi...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2019-11, Vol.63 (1), p.1829-1833
Main Authors: Boring, Ronald, Ulrich, Thomas, Lew, Roger, Skogstad, Martin Rasmussen
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Language:English
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Summary:The authors have recently developed a microworld, a simplified process control simulator, to simulate a nuclear power plant. The microworld provides an environment that can be readily manipulated to gather data using a range of participants, from students to fully qualified operators. Because the microworld represents a simplified domain, it is possible to have more precise experimental control compared with the complex and confounding environment afforded by a full-scope simulator. In this paper, we discuss collecting human reliability data from a microworld. We review the generalizability of human error data from the microworld compared to other data sources like full-scope simulator studies and compare advantages and disadvantages of microworld simulator studies to support human reliability data collection needs.
ISSN:2169-5067
1071-1813
2169-5067
DOI:10.1177/1071181319631314