Focuses on the interaction between crisis behaviour and alarm effectiveness and recommends implementation strategies. The book presents human factor issues regarding alarm design in a variety of settings - industrial, aviation, automobiles and

Preface, Contributors, 1. A human factors approach, Part 1. Experimental research into alarm design, 2. Urgency mapping in auditory warning signals, 3. An experiment to support the design of VDU-based alarm lists for power plant operators, 4. Testing risk homeostasis theory in a simulated process control task: implications for alarm reduction strategies, Part 2. Considerations of the human operator, 5. Cognitive demands and activities in dynamic fault management: abductive reasoning and disturbance management, 6. Alarm initiated activities, 7. Supervisory control behaviour and the implementation of alarms in process control, Part 3. Design and evaluation of alarm systems, 8. The alarm matrix, 9. Operator support systems for status identification and alarm processing at the OECD Halden Reactor Project - experiences and perspective for future development, 10. Ergonomics and engineering aspects of designing an alarm system for a modern nuclear power plant, Part 4. Applications of alarm systems, 11. Alarms in nuclear power plant control rooms: current approaches and future design, 12. Psychological aspects of conventional in-car warning devices, 13. Sources of confusion in intensive therapy unit alarms, 14. Key topics in alarm design, Index