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Training 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 Factors to Consider When Designing Checklists

Aerospace Industry Shifting From High Fidelity Simulators to Smaller, Multi-Purpose Simulators

Aiming for Operator Excellence (external)

Are Simulators the Answer to Skill Degradation Problems?

Bring Your Procedures Into the 21st Century (external)

Call a COP (external)

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

Collaboration Picks Up Speed (external)

Consortium Reports New Findings on Alarm Rates (external)

Control Systems ...Oh no, not again! (external)

Crew Resource Management Training: An Invaluable Tool for Improving Team Interaction

DCS Skill Degradation with Advanced Control: Implications for Training

Debriefing

Differences in Instrument Monitoring Patterns Between Expert and Novice Operators

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

Don't Cloud the Issue with Facts

Effectiveness of Part-Task Training

Evolution of Operator Decision-Making (request)

Expert Operators

Give Your Operator a New Brain Courtesy of Area 51

Hazardous Experience

How Good is Your Operator's Mental Model? (external)

How Long Can Operators Keep Their Skills? Sometimes Forever!

How Many Alarms Can an Operator Handle? (external)

How Many Process Units in a Tomahawk Cruise Missile?

How to Build a Better Operator (external)

How Would Your Plant Have Done?

Human Factors Problems of Advanced Control Systems

Identification of Factors Which Influence Team Performance

If I Can't Trust You With the Easy...

Improving Human Effectiveness (external)

Improving Problem Diagnosing in Control Board Operators

Improving Team Performance: Creating Expert Teams Rather Than Teams of Experts

In Pursuit of Improved Operator Performance (external)

Informational Invariants As a Basis of Skill Transfer in Process Simulation

Just sit there and hit the silence button!

Lessons Learned About Plant Operations in the 20 Years Since the Three Mile Island Incident

Making Displays Into Mental Models

Most Petrochemical Plants Don't Spend Enough Time on Shift Relief

Operator of the Future

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

Operator Training Gains Ground (external)

Plant Safety Is a Function of Many Different Factors...

Problem Solving And Expert Systems

Seems obvious, but is it being done?

Skill Transfer Research: The Issue of Process Simulation Fidelity

Smart Operators are Good

Speeding Up Simulator Training Exercises Can Lead to Improved Training

Succession Planning (external)

The Good News/Bad News of Procedural-Based Training

The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts.

Time's up! What are you going to do?

Training for Dual Tasks, Implications for Operating Multiple Processes

What are the Differences When Engineers and Supervisors Staff Plants Instead of Hourly Employees?

What Game Are You Playing?

What is Crew Resource Management?

What's a good operator like you doing in a refinery like this?

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-Alarm System Avalanche and Multiple Process Control

-All 12-Point Fonts Are Not Created equal

-Can You Have Too Many CRTs?

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

-Under-Loaded Board Operators Create Risk

-Impact of Monitor Size on Viewing Distances

-More...

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Training Article Results