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Alarm / Display Article Results

The following table contains links to past Beville newsletters, Beville's published papers (available by filling out our published paper request form - those papers are linked to the form), and external articles.

Book written by David A. Strobhar: Human Factors in Process Plant Operation

A Few False Alarms Go a Long Way

Advanced Process Control; Is It the Operator's Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

Aiming for Operator Excellence (external)

Alarm Analysis: One Size Does Not Fit All

Alarm System Avalanche and Multiple Process Control

Alarm System Trust - Crying Wolf vs Missing the Wolf

Alarm Systems: One Size Does Not Fit All

Alarms and Staffing

All 12-Point Fonts Are Not Created Equal

Are Mode Errors Built Into the Operator Interface of Your Control Systems?

Are you sure we shouldn't trip the compressor?

Automation and Teamwork

Be Careful About Single-Dimensional Solutions to Multidimensional Problems

Board Inspection Frequency: Can today's board be left unattended?

Can a Control System Be Operated Correctly If the User Has an Incorrect Conceptual Model?

Can You Have Too Many CRTs?

Color and Shape Coding's Effects on Process Control Tasks

Consortium Reports New Findings on Alarm Rates (external)

COP: What do I put on Level 1 and 2 graphics?

Cost of Red Pumps

Cough Once for Danger

Data Translation: Something Gained, Something Lost

Differences in Instrument Monitoring Patterns Between Expert and Novice Operators

Display Design Techniques to Convert Data to Information

Display Design: Recent Technique Discussed

Displays for Complex Systems - Knowing a Few Concepts Can Improve Their Quality

Do You Have HMI Design Backward? (external)

Does It Bother You Not to See Your Car's Pistons Moving?

Don't Cloud the Issue with Facts

Effectiveness of Warning Labels

Emerging Trends of CRT Usage by Control Board Operators

Evidence on the Benefit of Light Backgrounds

Good Alarms and Good Automation Both Help

Graphic Displays Aid in Viewer Interpretations

How Many Alarms Can an Operator Handle? (external)

How to Build a Better Operator (external)

Human Factors in Alarm System Management: Information Versus Data (request)

Human Factors in TDC3000 Alarm and Display Design (request)

Human Factors Problems of Advanced Control Systems

Human Performance Limits and Process Alarms

Ignorance Is Bliss

Impact of Monitor Size on Viewing Distances

Improving Problem Diagnosing in Control Board Operators

Inadequate Oversight of Alarm Configurations Will Lead to Vastly Different Plant Alarm Systems

Intelligent Alarm Management (from INSTRUMENT ENGINEER'S HANDBOOK, request)

Just sit there and hit the silence button!

Lack of Planning in Alarm System Configuration Is, in Essence, Planning to Fail (request)

Less Is More

"Lies, Da**ed Lies, and Statistics": A Tale of Two Alarm Systems

Making Displays Into Mental Models

Many Alarm System Configurations Lack Proper Planning

Monitoring Instruments: DCS Versus Analog Gauges

Naive Realism: Realistic Displays Can Hurt Performance

New Research Has Found Computer-Based Decision Aids Can Increase Operational Error

New Research Suggests Alarms Are Not Always Beneficial

Nice Versus Necessary: A Dangerous Trap in Man-Machine System Design

On the Other Hand...

One More Reason for Fewer CRTs

Operator-Cashier Analogy

Operator Interfaces Expand Human Factors (external)

Operator Interfaces: Moving from Comfortable to Most Effective (external)

Operator Performance as a Function of Alarm Rate and Interface Design (external)

Operator Performance in Relation to Functionally or Topographically-Presented Process Information

Problem Solving And Expert Systems

Procedure/Display Design Style

Realistic Displays Degrade Performance

Reverse Highlighting

Square Peg for a Round Hole

The Case of Alarm Overload - NPRA Paper (request)

Well, now we know.

What are the Guidelines for Selecting Font Sizes for CRT Displays?

What's Your Story? An Approach to Display Design

When Good Guidelines Go Bad

Why Can't We Do It Ourselves?

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