Promoting Operational Readiness of Control Room Crews Through Biosignal Measurements

Satu Pakarinen; Jari Laarni; Kristian Lukander; Ville Pekka Inkilä; Tomi Passi; Marja Liinasuo; Tuisku Tuuli Salonen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51328-3_78

Promoting Operational Readiness of Control Room Crews Through Biosignal Measurements

Satu Pakarinen^*, Jari Laarni, Kristian Lukander, Ville Pekka Inkilä, Tomi Passi, Marja Liinasuo, Tuisku Tuuli Salonen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)

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Abstract

Challenging operational tasks, such as complex, unexpected incidents and severe accidents are characterised by an increase of operators’ mental demands, stress-induced deterioration of cognitive capacity and increased time pressure to resolve the situation. This combination can negatively affect the operator crew’s performance. This paper describes the progress of a research project that models the stress and workload of 54 nuclear power plant operators during simulated incident and accident scenarios. Here, we demonstrate how an extensive empirical field study with psychophysiological assessments can be successfully performed in a simulator with free movement. Also, the modelling approach to examine the relationship between the stress and workload, and performance, with moderating effects of operator role and the efficiency of the abnormal and emergency operations procedure (OPs) use will be described. Even though some observations will be made, the results of the study are, at this point, preliminary.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Software and Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing
Editors	Tareq Ahram
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	573-580
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-51328-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-51327-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51328-3_78
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	AHFE Virtual Conferences on Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering, and Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology, 2020: Online - Virtual, San Diego, United States Duration: 16 Jul 2020 → 20 Jul 2020

Publication series

Series	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1213 AISC
ISSN	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE Virtual Conferences on Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering, and Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology, 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	16/07/20 → 20/07/20

Keywords

Cognition
Eye tracking
Heart rate variability
Human factors
Performance
Psychophysiology
Skin conductance
Stress
Workload

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Pakarinen, S., Laarni, J., Lukander, K., Inkilä, V. P., Passi, T., Liinasuo, M., & Salonen, T. T. (2021). Promoting Operational Readiness of Control Room Crews Through Biosignal Measurements. In T. Ahram (Ed.), Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Software and Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing (pp. 573-580). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51328-3_78

Pakarinen, Satu ; Laarni, Jari ; Lukander, Kristian et al. / Promoting Operational Readiness of Control Room Crews Through Biosignal Measurements. Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Software and Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing. editor / Tareq Ahram. Cham : Springer, 2021. pp. 573-580 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 1213 AISC).

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Promoting Operational Readiness of Control Room Crews Through Biosignal Measurements. / Pakarinen, Satu; Laarni, Jari; Lukander, Kristian et al.
Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Software and Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing. ed. / Tareq Ahram. Cham: Springer, 2021. p. 573-580 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 1213 AISC).

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Pakarinen S, Laarni J, Lukander K, Inkilä VP, Passi T, Liinasuo M et al. Promoting Operational Readiness of Control Room Crews Through Biosignal Measurements. In Ahram T, editor, Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Software and Systems Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing. Cham: Springer. 2021. p. 573-580. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 1213 AISC). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-51328-3_78

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