A tentative model for analysis of human-automation interaction in control rooms

This paper describes a tentative model to analyze workin joint human-automation systems. The tentative model is usedto represent known human-automation related problems in aunified way. The out-of-the-loop problem is used as anexample in the paper.The present paper has three main objectives; (I) presenta tentative model that can characterize work in joint humanautomationsystems, (II) show how the tentative model can beused to describe examples of human-automation relatedproblems (III) discuss how the tentative model can be used as aviable tool to understand human-automation interaction.The paper reports an evaluation made by using empiricaldata from an interview study on turbine automation operation inthe nuclear power domain where human-automation relatedproblems were identified.The evaluations show that the tentative model provideuseful explanations to how specific automation relatedproblems emerge. These explanations could potentially begeneralized into human-automation interface design guidance.Further, it is discussed how the tentative model can bedeveloped into a viable tool for industrial use where limitedresources are available for extensive analysis of humanautomationinteraction