Search Results - "Ronald L. Boring"

Using artificial intelligence to detect human errors in nuclear power plants: A case in operation and maintenance by Gursel, Ezgi, Reddy, Bhavya, Khojandi, Anahita, Madadi, Mahboubeh, Coble, Jamie Baalis, Agarwal, Vivek, Yadav, Vaibhav, Boring, Ronald L.

“…Human error (HE) is an important concern in safety-critical systems such as nuclear power plants (NPPs). HE has played a role in many accidents and outage…”
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The evolution of the Human Systems and Simulation Laboratory in nuclear power research by Hall, Anna, Joe, Jeffrey C., Miyake, Tina M., Boring, Ronald L.

“…The events at Three Mile Island in the United States brought about fundamental changes in the ways that simulation would be used in nuclear operations. The…”
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The evolution of the Human Systems and Simulation Laboratory in nuclear power research by Anna Hall, Jeffrey C. Joe, Tina M. Miyake, Ronald L. Boring

“…The events at Three Mile Island in the United States brought about fundamental changes in the ways that simulation would be used in nuclear operations. The…”
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Using artificial intelligence to detect human errors in nuclear power plants: A case in operation and maintenance by Ezgi Gursel, Bhavya Reddy, Anahita Khojandi, Mahboubeh Madadi, Jamie Baalis Coble, Vivek Agarwal, Vaibhav Yadav, Ronald L. Boring

“…Human error (HE) is an important concern in safety-critical systems such as nuclear power plants (NPPs). HE has played a role in many accidents and outage…”
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Issues in benchmarking human reliability analysis methods: A literature review by Boring, Ronald L., Hendrickson, Stacey M.L., Forester, John A., Tran, Tuan Q., Lois, Erasmia

“…There is a diversity of human reliability analysis (HRA) methods available for use in assessing human performance within probabilistic risk assessments (PRA)…”
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A framework to collect human reliability analysis data for nuclear power plants using a simplified simulator and student operators by Park, Jooyoung, Boring, Ronald L., Ulrich, Thomas A., Lew, Roger, Lee, Sungheon, Park, Bumjun, Kim, Jonghyun

“…•The Simplified Human Error Experimental Program (SHEEP) framework is proposed.•SHEEP aims to collect HRA data using simplified simulators and student…”
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Visual Style Elements in Human–System Interface Design for Nuclear Power Operations: Does Style Affect Performance and Preference? by Hall, Anna, Alivisatos, Clara, Ulrich, Thomas A., Lew, Roger, Boring, Ronald L., Poresky, Christopher

“…Objective As the world increasingly adopts renewable and sustainable energy systems, transitionary solutions include nuclear power, which currently provides…”
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Human reliability for safe and efficient civil infrastructure operation and maintenance – A review by Sun, Zhe, Xing, Jinding, Tang, Pingbo, Cooke, Nancy J., Boring, Ronald L.

“…Civil infrastructure systems (CIS) require effective systems-level operation and maintenance (O&M) processes to ensure safety and efficiency. Such processes…”
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Rancor Hybrid Energy System Microworld by Lew, Roger, Ulrich, Thomas A., Boring, Ronald L.

“…Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources will require a diverse energy portfolio to ensure a reliable and resilient electrical grid…”
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Computerized Operator Support System for Nuclear Power Plant Hybrid Main Control Room by Lew, Roger, Boring, Ronald L., Ulrich, Thomas A.

“…A Computerized Operator Support System (COSS) is an operator assistive technology that aids operators in monitoring processes to detect off-normal conditions,…”
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Developing an Integrated Energy System Interface for Electricity-Hydrogen Hybrid Nuclear Operations by Ulrich, Thomas A., Lew, Roger, Boring, Ronald L., Mortenson, Torrey, Park, Jooyoung, Medema, Heather

“…Nuclear power plants are looking towards integrated energy systems to address the challenges faced by increasing competition from renewable energy and cheap…”
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A visualization approach to performing task analysis of time series event log data from a microworld simulation by Ulrich, Thomas A., Boring, Ronald L., McJunkin, Timothy, Rege, Aunshul

“…This paper presents a novel visualization technique to perform a task analysis using only information from data logs collected from users interacting with the…”
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Rancor: A Gamified Microworld Nuclear Power Plant Simulation for Engineering Psychology Research and Process Control Applications by Ulrich, Thomas A., Lew, Roger, Werner, Steffen, Boring, Ronald L.

“…We demonstrate the development, rationale, and use of a gamified microworld nuclear power plant simulation for engineering psychology research and process…”
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Findings From an Operator-In-The-Loop Study on System Overview Displays in a Modernized Nuclear Power Plant by Boring, Ronald L., Ulrich, Thomas A., Lew, Roger

“…The second Operator Study of System Overviews (OSSO-2) was conducted with a three-person reactor operator crew in the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory…”
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Transitioning Nuclear Power Plant Main Control Room From Paper Based Procedures to Computer Based Procedures by Lew, Roger, Boring, Ronald L., Ulrich, Thomas A.

“…The United States (U.S.) has 99 operating Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). The majority of these were designed and commissioned in the 1970s and 1980s. Plants are…”
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Qualitative or Quantitative Data for Nuclear Control Room Usability Studies? A Pragmatic Approach to Data Collection and Presentation by Ulrich, Thomas A., Boring, Ronald L., Lew, Roger

“…Qualitative and quantitative approaches provide alternative, but often incompatible means to answer design questions during the early formative and later…”
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Epistemiation: An Approach for Knowledge Elicitation of Expert Users During Product Design by Boring, Ronald L., Lew, Roger, Ulrich, Thomas A.

“…The Guideline for Operational Nuclear Usability and Knowledge Elicitation (GONUKE) outlines multiple types and stages of human factors evaluation to support…”
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Retrospective Application of Human Reliability Analysis for Oil and Gas Incidents: A Case Study Using the Petro-HRA Method by Boring, Ronald L., Rasmussen, Martin, Ulrich, Thomas A., Blackman, Harold S.

“…Human reliability analysis (HRA) may be performed prospectively for a newly designed system or retrospectively for an as-built system, typically in response to…”
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Studying Situation Awareness on a Shoestring Budget: An Example of an Inexpensive Simulation Environment for Theoretical Research by Ulrich, Thomas A., Werner, Steffen, Boring, Ronald L.

“…Current situation awareness (SA) experiments typically involve large-scale field studies or simulations with industry experts servings as participants. In…”
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Testing Subtask Quantification Assumptions for Dynamic Human Reliability Analysis in the SPAR-H Method by Boring, Ronald L., Herberger, Sarah M.

“…Human reliability analysis (HRA) to date has relied almost entirely on static methods. To provide a more precise model of human performance, dynamic HRA has…”
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