Cognitive simulation of a ship navigator's behavior in dynamic maneuvering situation.

Accession number;00A0610712
Title;Cognitive simulation of a ship navigator's behavior in dynamic maneuvering situation.
Author; YAMAGUCHI TOSHINORI (Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Graduate School) ITO KENJI (Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Graduate School)
Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Ergonomics
Journal Code:S0258A
ISSN:0549-4974
VOL.36;NO.3;PAGE.119-130(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.1, REF.16
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Most of major marine accidents were caused by human operator. Therefore, human behavior is greate importance to analysis for maritime safety. A simulation approach, for investigating critical risks under specific maneuvering conditions, has been recently utilized for its advantage to save cost and time. The present study constructs a cognitive model of a ship navigator based on the cognitive task analysis in which synchronized data from eye-movement recordings and verbal protocols was analyzed during a series of actual navigation sessions using a maritime simulator. The model describes a dynamic interaction between the navigator and the sates in maneuver and navigation environment for a course-tracking task in which a ship is navigated to follow a planned route as safety as possible in the narrow fairway. This model implemented on a Macintosh PC using a standard C code. The accuracy of the constructed model is examined by comparing the task performance simulated by the model with the observed performance by a human navigator on the maritime simulator. It could produce similar patterns of helm-command generations to those of the actual human navigator. (author abst.)
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