• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2007

There is no universally agreed classification of human error, nor is there one in prospect. Thus, a taxonomy is usually made for a specific purpose. To seek the types of human errors in the environment of man-machine interface under the railway industry, we develop a cognitive information processing model incorporating the human's mental states. Using the model, this study investigates the types of human errors about the railway workers. Thus, a survey is conducted for railway safety personnel-locomotive engineers, station employees, and train commanders- in Korean railway company. Through the survey that is designed to investigate four types of human errors from the Questionnaires composed of thirty Questions, we analyze the types of human errors related to railway safety according to affiliated offices, operation shifts, age, and working years. Finally, from the insights of the results some guidelines for the railway safety management are presented.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.36-46
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• 1989

The problems and current status of man-machine interface design through questionnaire survey and direct check of main control rooms are analyzed and methods for improvement man-machine interface are suggested. Particularly, a design of Korean operator console based on human factors is suggested in this paper.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 ITC-CSCC -1
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• pp.3-6
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• 2000

In this paper, ‘gesture’ is discussed as a means of human-friendly communication between man and machine. We classify various gestures into two Categories: ‘contact based’ and ‘non-contact based’ Each method is reviewed and some real applications are introduced. Also, key design issues of the method are addressed and some contributions of soft-computing techniques, such as fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks (ANN), rough set theory and evolutionary computation, are discussed.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2008

지금까지 기계 기반의 필기 숫자 인식 방법에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 그러나 여전히 인간이 만족할 만한 인식 성능을 이루지는 못하였다. 이러한 배경에는 단순히 인식률을 나타내는 수치가 낮은 것도 한 부분을 차지 하지만, 인간이 수긍할 수 없는 오류 성향도 중요한 부분을 차지한다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 실제 인간의 숫자 인식이 어떻게 이루어지는지를 확인하는 실험을 먼저 수행하고, 이것에 근거하여 기계 인식을 위하여 필요한 요소들이 무엇인지를 고찰하도록 하였다. 실험결과 한쪽 또는 양쪽 방향으로 혼동하는 숫자 쌍, 전혀 혼동하지 않는 숫자 쌍, 오류 발생의 중복성 등의 결과를 비교 분석하여 인간이 인식과정에서 중요하게 고려하는 특징들을 찾아냈고, 그 결과에 근거하여 기계 인식에 있어서 더 높은 인식 성능을 발휘할 수 있고, 더 나아가 인간적인 측면에서 보다 더 신뢰할 수 있는 인식결과를 이끌어 낼 수 있는 접근 방향에 대하여 제시하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.125-140
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• 2013

This paper aims to give an overview of the methods to inherently prevent human errors and to effectively mitigate the consequences of such errors by securing defense-in-depth during plant management through the advanced man-machine interface system (MMIS). It is needless to stress the significance of human error reduction during an accident in nuclear power plants (NPPs). Unexpected shutdowns caused by human errors not only threaten nuclear safety but also make public acceptance of nuclear power extremely lower. We have to recognize there must be the possibility of human errors occurring since humans are not essentially perfect particularly under stressful conditions. However, we have the opportunity to improve such a situation through advanced information and communication technologies on the basis of lessons learned from our experiences. As important lessons, authors explained key issues associated with automation, man-machine interface, operator support systems, and procedures. Upon this investigation, we outlined the concept and technical factors to develop advanced automation, operation and maintenance support systems, and computer-based procedures using wired/wireless technology. It should be noted that the ultimate responsibility of nuclear safety obviously belongs to humans not to machines. Therefore, safety culture including education and training, which is a kind of organizational factor, should be emphasized as well. In regard to safety culture for human error reduction, several issues that we are facing these days were described. We expect the ideas of the advanced MMIS proposed in this paper to lead in the future direction of related researches and finally supplement the safety of NPPs.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1988년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); 한국전력공사연수원, 서울; 21-22 Oct. 1988
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• pp.764-769
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• 1988

In this paper the failure possibility and the error possibility are used to represent reliability of a technical component and that of a human operator, respectively. The failure possibility and the error possibility are fuzzy sets on the interval [0,1]. In a man-machine system, reliability of the technical component and that of the human operator are usually affected by many factors, e.g., the environment in which a machine is operated, psychological stress of the human operator, etc. The possibility is derived from not only the failure or the error rate but also estimates of these factors. The fuzzy reasoning plays an important role in the derivation. The reliability analysis is performed by the use of the possibility obtained by the present method. Moreover this paper discusses the sensitivity analysis which evaluates what extent the change of the estimation of each factor has an influence on reliability of a man-machine system. The important factors to be ameliorated are shown through the sensitivity analysis.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.33-39
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• 1982

In the design of some systems, the circumstance may require a determination as to whether a giver information input or processing function can best be performed by an individual or by some physical components of a system. In the consideration of human factors, also, in the design of equipment, facilities, and other physical items that people use, there are certain basic stages or processes that typically have to be carried out. The main purpose of this paper is study fundamental man-machine system assumptions in Human Factors Engineering. Therefore, this paper will deal with certain human factors that may be relevant to the design consideration that relate to human information - receiving and processing functions.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.125-131
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• 1994

This paper proposes a dynamic recursive model with the effect analysis of machine state considering human factor(human skillfulness) In a single lot man-machine production system. This model obtained using Kalman Filtering Algorithm Is based on input state, output state, machine state. For sensitivity analysis, this model constructed is examined according to the impact of human skillfulness with computer simulation. The model studied in this paper has a great advance from the point of view a combination of three factors( human engineering, dynamic control theory, quality control ) and can also be extended in several applications.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2020

We aim to reinterpret Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer through theory of posthumanism. Posthuman is a compound word of 'post' and 'human', which means transcendent-man. However, we would like to extend the meaning of posthuman or cyborgs as not only to "new human figure, or transcendent-man" but as to "human living in a digital age of converged technology". Through the extension of the meaning of posthuman, we would be able to not only find posthuman in Science Fiction movies but also apply it to our real world. Also, through the extended meaning, we will reinterpret all the elements from the film as cyberspace and as posthuman or cyborgs. Moreover, through examination of these "cyborg figures" in Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer (2013), we argue that the film is criticizing posthumanism in the reality that these days, people are losing the humanity due to the combination with the machine. It seems that he claims of the collapse of the current system, suggesting new human generation as the solution.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.88-98
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• 2000

More than half of all incidents in large complex technological systems, particularly in nuclear power or aviation industries, were attributable in some way to human erroneous actions. These incidents were largely due to the human engineering deficiencies of man-machine interface (MMI). In nuclear industry, advanced computer-based MMI designs are emerging as part of new reactor designs. The impact of advanced MMI technology on the operator performance, and as a result, on plant safety should be thoroughly evaluated before such technology is actually adopted in nuclear power plants. This paper discusses the applicability of human reliability analysis (HRA) to support the design review process. Both the first-generation and the second-generation HRA methods are considered focusing on a couple of promising HRA methods, i.e., ATHEANA and CREAM, with the potential to assist the design review process.