History of Human Factors/Ergonomics in Power Systems

2006 ◽  
pp. 132-145
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
History Of

On-Line Documentation Systems: History and Issues

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (13) ◽  
pp. 1027-1030
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Limanowski
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Electronic Data Processing ◽  
Documentation System ◽  
Electronic Data ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
History Of ◽  
On Line ◽  
Documentation Systems ◽  
Paper Documentation

The present paper provides a brief history of Electronic Data Processing Systems and their supporting user documentation. The problems inherent to paper documentation are highlighted. Techniques employed to improve on-line reject messages in addition to the development of an online user documentation system are discussed. Future challenges facing the human factors specialist involved in development of on-line documentation are outlined.

AF 447 as a Paradigmatic Accident

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Antonio Chialastri
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Machine Interaction

In this chapter, the author presents a human factors problem for automation: why, when, and how automation has been introduced in the aviation domain; what problems arise from different ways of operating; and the possible countermeasures to limit faulty interaction between humans and machines. This chapter is divided into parts: definition of automation, its advantages in ensuring safety in complex systems such as aviation; reasons for the introduction of on-board automation, with a quick glance at the history of accidents in aviation and the related safety paradigms; ergonomics: displays, tools, human-machine interaction emphasizing the cognitive demands in high tempo and complex flight situations; illustration of the AF 447 case, a crash happened in 2009, which causes are linked to faulty human-machine interaction.

Machines and Medicines: A Projection of Analogies between Electric Power Systems and Health Care Systems

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-295
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Electric Power Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
Large Systems ◽  
Capital Intensive

If medicine is becoming mechanized, as many indications suggest, then those interested in policy making for medical matters have much to learn from the history of technology. The mechanization of medicine, as in the case of the mechanization of production, will accelerate the transfer of skill and knowledge from people to machines and the transition of health care to a capital intensive industry (19, 196–226). Furthermore, mechanization and increasing capital intensification may bring the increased systematization of health care. If the development of mechanized medicine follows the precedent of the mechanization of production, then our society must deal with the evolution of another set of extremely large systems, systems that will become virtually impervious to social control. Historians of technology are currently providing a better understanding of the evolution of large systems of production (3;9;10); there are lessons to be learned from this history by policy makers in health care.

Power Systems Human Factors/Ergonomics Activities in the United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 807-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart O. Parsons ◽  
Joseph L. Seminara ◽  
John M. O'Hara
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Present Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Integrated Technology ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Millennium

The field of Power Systems Human Factors/Ergonomics (HF/E) in the United States has been growing and evolving during the past twenty-five years from almost nothing to its present status of a well defined and integrated technology. This paper summarized the historical growth, key organizations and individuals involved, and a prediction of the direction the field is headed in the new millennium along with some possible problems.

Fractography, Some Legal Aspects and Challenges

2009 ◽  
Vol 409 ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Richard C. Bradt
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Fracture Process ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Topological Features ◽  
Scientific Responsibility ◽  
Fracture Event ◽  
History Of

Evidence regarding a fracture event is absolutely and definitively recorded by Nature during the fracture process. That record is in the form of the general macrocrack pattern and the surface topological features of the newly formed fracture surface. In reality, it is the only perfect record of what actually occurred during a fracture. Whenever a conflict or controversy arises regarding a fracture, it is the moral and scientific responsibility of the fractographer to analyze and interpret the record of the fracture as it was created by Nature. It is further necessary for the fractographer to then inform and educate the members of the legal community (lawyer, judge and jury) as to exactly what happened during the failure. This educational process is necessary so that the legal community can collectively understand the history of the fracture and arrive at a just and fair decision regarding responsibility and potential liability for the failure. This paper describes the overall process from the beginning of the fracture examination of the failed artifact to the final appearance in court leading to a decision by the judge or a jury. Both the technical and the human factors are addressed with varying degrees of detail.

Human Factors in the United Kingdom

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Cumming ◽  
Kenneth Corkindale
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
World War ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

This overview of human factors begins in the days of World War I with the organization of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Medical Research Council. The historical development includes details of various efforts in the field as they relate to flying, physiology, and personnel selection. The authors show the relationship between industrial and government uses of human factors. A brief history of the Ergonomics Society is also presented, with percentage figures for the various specialties that comprise its membership.

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