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RECENT NEWS |
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Beville
Engineering, in conjunction with Wright State
University, is proud to announce the debut of the
Center for Operator Performance.
The Center is an alliance of
academic and process companies to research generic
issues in human factors and process operator
performance. Visit the
website for more information. |
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OUR METHOD |
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Our approach is one
of tailoring our services to our clients' needs, rather
than trying to adjust our clients to fit our methods.
We implement an on-site, "hands-on"
approach to gauge the causes of problems, and then seek
to solve the problems through the manipulation of
various workload and human performance variables.
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ON-SITE AUDIT |
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One day on-site plant audit now
available.
View info. |
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OUR NEWSLETTER
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Alarm / Display Design Seminar
DESCRIPTION
Beville is currently offering a one-day seminar that covers basic
principles and concepts in human factors engineering (morning
session) and application of those principles to alarm and display
design (afternoon session). The focus is on creation of alarms and
displays for distributed control systems.
Contact us for more information.
SEMINAR COMMENTS
- "Very pleased with content selection,
excellent use of visual examples to drive points home, very
thought provoking..."
- "This seminar is exactly what I was
expecting and what I was hoping for..."
- "Numerous real-world examples, a real
positive..."
- "... valuable information presented..."
- "Good basics, covered history of how we
got to where we are today..."
- "Stimulated thought on human factors
problems of board operators..."
TYPICAL SEMINAR
SCHEDULE/CONTENT
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Topics |
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| Introduction |
The origin of human factors engineering will be presented along with a model for
operator - process interaction. |
| Perception and Attention |
How people notice and interpret information from the environment will be discussed.
The impact of display noise and signal characteristics will be covered. |
| Information Processing |
The limitations and structure of the human information processing system will be
presented. Topics will include sensory memory, short term memory, mental workload, and
mental models. |
| Decision Making |
Recent research into real time decision making will be discussed. Implications for
expert systems and display design will be key topics. |
| Design Process |
The approach to alarm and display system design will be presented, including the major
activities such as alarm objective analysis. |
| Alarm Objective Analysis |
A section of the client's unit will be used to demonstrate the alarm analysis
technique. alarm philosophy requirements will be included. |
| Design Concept |
Creation of a design concept, covering coding techniques and their application, will
be presented. Methods to determine content requirements will be discussed. |
| Display Formatting |
Methods to format process information will be presented. |
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OUR SERVICES 
