TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Practical use of work analysis to support rail electrical control rooms: A case of alarm handling
JO  - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of rail and rapid transit
A1  - Dadashi, Nastaran
A1  - Wilson, John R.
A1  - Golightly, David
A1  - Sharples, Sarah
A1  - Clarke, Theresa
SP  - 148
EP  - 160
VL  - 227
IS  - 2
N2  - Renewals and especially enhancements of rail signalling and control systems are increasingly including a strong programme of human factors integration. One contribution to the human factors work that is required is work analysis - the understanding of what tasks and functions exist in current work systems, the artefacts (controls and displays used) and the strategies employed by skilled operators. One increasingly common approach to such work systems analysis is cognitive work analysis (CWA), used to develop understanding of a work domain and tasks in a structured fashion and as a basis for new design recommendations. The purpose of this paper is to explain, for an engineering and systems developer audience, the basis for and use of CWA. This is done in the context of rail electrical control rooms and especially the use made of various information display elements including alarms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-4097
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954409712465709
ID  - ref1
ER  -