Effects of supervisory train control technology on operator attention.

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• Creators:
  Marinakos, Helias ; Sheridan, Thomas ; Multer, Jordan
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Human factors
  • Attention
  • Vigilance
  • Testing
  • Automatic train control
  • Railroads
  • Supervisors
  • Operators (Persons)
  • Manual control Attention allocation
  • Automation
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FRA-04-07;DOT/FRA/ORD-04/10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This report describes an experiment evaluating the effects of supervisory control automation on attention allocation while operating ; a train. The study compared two levels of supervisory control (partial and full) to manual control, in terms of how it affects ; vigilance detection and situation awareness. Human performance was measured using a human-in-the-loop train simulator. To ; evaluate vigilance, participants were asked to detect two types of automation failures and react to obstructions on the track. ; Situation awareness was measured using the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) in which the simulation ; was suspended at periodic intervals and the subjects answered questions about the system. These answers were compared to ; objective measures of system performance. ; Attention allocation varied with the method by which supervisory control was implemented. In particular, attention allocation for ; speed control, a critical piece of information, varied with the two methods. Partial supervisory control, as implemented in this ; experiment, resulted in a narrowing of attention. The primary focus was on speed information. By contrast, use of full supervisory ; control resulted in participants spreading their attention more broadly, but at the expense of speed information.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R2103/RR204
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23186/dot_23186_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.42 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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