• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4170-4180
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• 2022

The task complexity (TACOM) measure was previously developed to quantify the complexity of proceduralized tasks conducted by nuclear power plant operators. Following the development of the TACOM measure, its appropriateness has been validated by investigating the relationship between TACOM scores and three kinds of human performance data, namely response times, human error probabilities, and subjective workload scores. However, the information reflected in quantified TACOM scores is still insufficient to determine the levels of complexity of proceduralized tasks for human reliability analysis (HRA) applications. In this regard, the objective of this study is to suggest criteria for determining the levels of task complexity based on logistic regression between human error occurrences in digitalized main control rooms and TACOM scores. Analysis results confirmed that the likelihood of human error occurrence according to the TACOM score is secured. This result strongly implies that the TACOM measure can be used to identify the levels of task complexity, which could be applicable to various research domains including HRA.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.2037-2047
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• 2022

The contribution of degraded human performance (e.g., human errors) is significant for the safety of diverse social-technical systems. Therefore, it is crucial to understand when and why the performance of human operators could be degraded. In this study, the occurrence probability of human errors was empirically estimated based on the complexity of proceduralized tasks. To this end, Logistic regression analysis was conducted to correlate TACOM (Task Complexity) scores with human errors collected from the full-scope training simulator of nuclear power plants equipped with analog devices (analog environment). As a result, it was observed that the occurrence probability of both errors of commission and errors of omission can be soundly estimated by TACOM scores. Since the effect of diverse performance influencing factors on the occurrence probabilities of human errors could be soundly distinguished by TACOM scores, it is also expected that TACOM scores can be used as a tool to explain when and why the performance of human operators starts to be degraded.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2010

According to wide-spread experience in many industries, a procedure is one of the most effective countermeasures to reduce the possibility of human related problems. Unfortunately, a systematic framework to evaluate the complexity of procedural tasks seems to be very scant. For this reason, the TACOM measure, which can quantify the complexity of procedural tasks, has been developed. In this study, the appropriateness of the TACOM measure is investigated by comparing TACOM scores regarding the procedural tasks of high speed train drivers with the associated workload scores measured by the NASA-TLX technique. As a result, it is observed that there is a meaningful correlation between the TACOM scores and the associated NASA-TLX scores. Therefore, it is expected that the TACOM measure can properly quantify the complexity of procedural tasks.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.744-750
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• 2009

기존 연구결과에 따르면, 시스템의 안전성에 가장 큰 영향을 주는 요인 중 하나는 인적수행도의 저하인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 따라서 인적수행도 저하 방지를 통한 사건/사고의 방지는 원자력이나 철도와 같이 안전을 우선적으로 고려해야 하는 산업체의 경우 반드시 고려되어야 하는 조건이다. 이를 위해서는 인적수행도 저감의 원인의 체계적 파악 및 이에 근거한 효과적인 관리가 선행되어야 하기 때문에, 대표적인 인적수행도 저하 원인으로 알려져 있는 직무복잡도를 객관적으로 평가할 수 있는 방법의 개발이 필요하다. 이러한 필요성에 따라, 본 논문에서는 원자력발전소의 절차화된 직무에 대한 복잡도를 평가할 수 있는 TACOM 척도를 사용하여 KTX 기장이 수행해야 하는 운전직무의 복잡도를 정량적으로 평가한 후 그 결과를 주관적 직무부하 평가 방법인 NASA-TLX 결과와 비교하여 적합성을 검증하였다.