• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2022

Background: Whole-body vibration (WBV) exposure of coal mine dumper operators poses numerous health hazards. The case-control study was aimed at assessing the relative musculoskeletal health risk of dumper operators' exposure to WBV with reference to the nonexposed group. Methods: Measurements of WBV exposure were taken at the operator-seat interface using a human vibration analyzer for 110 dumper operators in three coal mines. This vibration measurement was supplemented by a questionnaire survey of 110 dumper operators exposed to WBV and an equal number of workers not exposed to WBV. The relative risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) has been assessed through the case-control study design. Results: ISO guidelines were used to compare the health risk. It was observed that the prevalence of pain in the lower back was 2.52 times more in the case group compared to the control group. The case group of Mine-2 was 2.0 times more prone to vibration hazards as compared to Mine-3. Conclusion: The case group is more vulnerable to MSDs than the control group. The on-site measurement as well as the response of the dumper operators during the questionnaire survey corroborates this finding.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.611-618
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• 2003

It can be said that the relationship between the maneuvering ability of operators and the navigational environment affects the safe degree of navigation in the collision avoidance situation. In order to reduce the occurrence probability of accident and to maintain the safety, it is necessary to clarify the relationship between human behavior and navigational environment. In this study, therefore, we analyzed and discussed the relationship between the maneuvering characteristics and the safety focused on human behavior as a fundamental factor of marine accidents using ship handling simulator and questionnaire. As a result, we concluded that navigational environment changes variously and the maneuvering ability of operators also varies with the navigational environment, and the ship handling characteristics strongly affect the occurrence probability of accident.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.703-716
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• 2007

As digital and computer technologies have grown, human-machine interfaces (HMIs) have evolved. In safety-critical systems, especially in nuclear power plants (NPPs), HMIs are important for reducing operational costs, the number of necessary operators, and the probability of accident occurrence. Efforts have been made to improve main control room (MCR) interface design and to develop automated or decision support systems to ensure convenient operation and maintenance. In this paper, an integrated decision support system to aid operator cognitive processes is proposed for advanced MCRs of future NPPs. This work suggests the design concept of a decision support system which accounts for an operator's cognitive processes. The proposed system supports not only a particular task, but also the entire operation process based on a human cognitive process model. In this paper, the operator's operation processes are analyzed according to a human cognitive process model and appropriate support systems that support each cognitive process activity are suggested.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2009

GOMS model is a cognitive modeling method of human performance based on Goal, Operators, Methods, Selection rules. GOMS model was originally designed for desktop environment so that it is difficult for GOMS model to be implemented into the mobile environment. In addition, GOMS model would be inaccurate because the original GOMS model was based on serial processing, excluding one of most important human information processing characteristics, parallel processing. Therefore this study was designed to propose a modified GOMS model including mobile computing and parallel processing. In order to encompass mobile environment, an operator of 'look for' was divided into 'visual move to' and 'recognize' whereas 'point to' and 'click' were combined into 'tab.' The results showed that newly introduced operators were necessary to estimate more accurate mobile computing behaviors. In conclusion, modified-GOMS model could predict human performance more accurately than the original GOMS model in the mobile computing environment.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2006

Technological encroachment provides human operators with flood of information that must be analyzed to understand the environment and make judgments that lead to strategic actions. Further, the environment is not static and therefore uncertain, changing its aspect dynamically. Complexity accompanied with its dynamics imposes substantial difficulty to human operators' task. Criticality of having situational understanding becomes more important than ever. Situationalunderstanding requires the human operators possessing tacit knowledge in order for them to make the sense out of the situation while interacting with information from many heterogeneous sources, the notion of sensemaking. Sensemaking refers to the process of developing mental framework to assemble pieces of information representing different aspects of the environment that can be used to develop one's own actionable knowledge to implement their judgments in the uncertain environment. Therefore, judgment process and performance is a key component of sensemaking process. Among many judgment and decision making models, the lens model with its extension can be utilized to partially describe the judgmental aspect of sensemaking. One of the lens model parameters, unmodeled knowledge, can be a corresponding quantitative measure for the tacit knowledge that plays an important role in sensemaking. In this paper, a comprehensive literature for sensemaking is provided to formally define the notion of sensemaking in the military domain. Also, it is proposed that there is a crucial link between the sensemaking and human judgment process and performance from the lens model perspective. Potential implications for experimental framework are also proposed.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2011

함정 전투체계는 무기체계, 정보통신 등의 기술 발전으로 인한 복잡한 전장 환경에 적응하기 위하여 다양한 전술을 운용해야 한다. 현재 운용되는 국방 M&S 시스템은 의사결정을 위해 운용자, 즉 인간의 개입이 필수적이다. 하지만 인간이 개입되는 시뮬레이션은 실시간 정도의 저속에서 가능하고, 반복적인 실험의 어려움이 따르게 된다. 이를 개선하기 위해 에이전트 기반의 국방 M&S 시스템의 연구가 최근 들어 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 현존하는 에이전트 기반 M&S 시스템은 고속 시뮬레이션은 가능하지만, 고정된 전술 분석용으로 활용되는데 그치고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 주어진 시나리오에 대한 고속의 반복적인 실험 및 다양한 전술 운용과 창발적 전술 생성을 위해 진화론적 시뮬레이션을 이용한 다대다 함정교전 전술 생성 방법론을 제안하였다. 타당성 검증을 위해 서해상에서 벌어지는 가상의 3:3 함정교전 시뮬레이션을 수행하였고, 이를 통해 창발적 전술 생성의 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.615-621
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• 2014

해상교통관제사들의 과도하고 장기화된 스트레스가 그들의 삶의 질 뿐만 아니라 제공되는 서비스의 질에도 부정적인 영향을 미쳐 결과적으로 업무과중을 일으켜 선박사고 발생 위험률을 높일 수 있다는 데에 주목하고 스트레스 수준을 측정함과 아울러 스트레스에 영향을 미치는 직무스트레스 유발요인들을 추출해 보았다. 표준화된 측정도구(KOSS, PWI)로서 관제사들의 스트레스 수준을 측정해 보고, 배경적 변수(연령, 근무경력, 해상교통량 등)에 따라 스트레스에 차이가 있는가를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 관제사들은 일반인보다 높은 수준의 사회심리적 스트레스를 겪고 있었으며 연령 및 근무경력 별 스트레스 수준은 역U자 형태를 보였다. 또한 스트레스를 유발하는 직무환경적 요인들을 규명하였으며, 스트레스 관련 교육 및 근무환경 개선, 새로운 휴식시설 마련 등은 직무스트레스를 유의하게 낮게 함을 밝혔다. 그리고 근무환경, 교대근무 등의 직무환경적 스트레스 요인으로서 관제사의 직무스트레스를 설명할 수 있는 회귀모형을 도출하였다. 본 연구는 인적재해발생의 주요 원인인 직무스트레스에 관하여 고찰하고 해상교통관제 분야의 인적요인 연구에 필요한 기초자료로 삼고자 한다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.279-285
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• 1998

This study investigated human error characteristics of the 42 fatal industrial accidents reported by staff members of Korea Industrial Safety Corporation. Various types of human error were judged to be primary contributing factors in about 74 percent of the cases. Most of human error made by involved industrial operators resulted from two types of mistakes: (1) mistake in judgement of work situation, and (2) omission in daily check. It was concluded that preparation/observance for work procedure manuals, danger predication training and enforcement/Education of daily check routine would be effective preventive tools for these types of human error attributable to fatal industrial accidents.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2015

Responsible tourism attracting worldwide attention has supported local economy and community development as a type of alternative tourism. This study explored the perception toward fairness in tourism and operation status of responsible tour operators in South Korea by conducting in-depth interviews with probe questions. Ten responsible tour operators were interviewed with a semi-structured interview questionnaire for one upto two hours. From the interview data, six themes were identified as difficulties of responsible tour operators: lack of manpower, advertising and promotion, absence of marketing strategy, regulation, lack of budget and lack of recognition of responsible tourism. As government support identified through the interviews, there are the followings seven themes: a low entry barrier market, investment in human resources, resource utilization, community-based policies, connection with local produce, community support and connection system of responsible travel agencies with intermediate support organizations at a local level, The findings of this paper implicate the underlying subject of responsible tourism from a tour operators' perspective.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.328-332
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• 2006

Inspection in the back end of the LCD is moving from human based to automated. This is driven by the desire to eliminate human operators and the need to have repeatable, reliable data for fab optimization. The number of systems required varies by the fab module location, product mix, and repair capability.