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RECENT NEWS

  • November 15-17. The Center for Operator Performance meeting will be hosted by Emerson in Austin, TX. For more information, please contact Lisa Via at LVia@Beville.com
  • One day Human Factors Plant Audit now available.


The Center for Operator Performance will be hosting a meeting in Austin, TX, November 15-17, 2011. For more info, contact LVia@Beville.com.


The Center for Operator PerformanceThe Center for Operator Performance is an alliance of academic and  process companies to research  generic issues in human factors  and process operator performance. 

Visit OperatorPerformance.org for more information.

 

Published Papers

Dear Visitor,

Some of our published papers are available free of charge, while others must be purchased directly from the publisher.

To be added to our newsletter mailing list or to access the published papers listed below, please register and then login to our file access system here (opens in a new window).

List of papers available from Beville (must log in to view)
 

A Humanistic Approach to Managing Plant Modernization Projects
The Case of Alarm Overload - NPRA Paper
Control Operator Overload: Identification and Prevention
Control Room Design Manual
Controller Workload: What are they doing and why are they doing so much of it?
Evolution of Operator Decision Making
Human Factors Engineering in Control Room Design and Operation
Human Factors in Alarm System Management: Information Versus Data
Human Factors in Distributed Process Control
Human Factors in Process Plant Safety
Human Factors in TDC3000 Alarm and Display Design
Increase Unit Operator Utilization/Productivity Through Job Sampling
Intelligent Alarm Management (from INSTRUMENT ENGINEER'S HANDBOOK, Process Software and Digital Networks)
Is Counting the Number of Control Loops a Valid Technique for Estimating Operator Workload?
Lack of Planning in Alarm System Configuration is, in Essence, Planning to Fail
Quantification of Operator Workload and Staffing
Toward an Understanding of DCS Control Operator Workload
Towards an Upset Response Task Workload Assessment Technique for Chemical Processing Plants
What is the Upper Limit to Board Operator Span of Control

Papers available externally:

Human Factors in Oil Refinery Operation
chapter 31 of Advances in Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Safety in Manufacturing and Service Industries
Operator Performance as a function of alarm rate and interface design.
WBF Make2Profit Conference, Austin, TX 2011
Modularizing Emergency Procedures for Increased Ease of Use and Updating
NPRA 2011 Annual Meeting, product # AM-11-44
Service Extraction from Operator Procedures in Process Industries
2011 DESRIST Conference
 

 

 

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