Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays: Meeting the Needs of the Mariners (Special Report (National Research Council (U S) Transportation Research Board))

Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays : Meeting the Needs of Mariners......Page 3
National Academy of Sciences......Page 5
Committee for Evaluating Shipboard Display of Automatic Identification Systems......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Contents......Page 15
Executive Summary......Page 17
1 - Introduction......Page 31
OVERVIEW OF AIS CAPABILITIES AND APPLICATIONS......Page 33
CURRENT DISPLAY DESIGNS AND THEIR CAPABILITIES......Page 44
STATUS OF U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AIS......Page 46
APPROACH......Page 55
TYPES OF VESSELS AND OPERATING PARAMETERS......Page 59
TYPICAL BRIDGE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS......Page 64
NEED FOR EFFECTIVE SHIPBOARD AIS DISPLAYS......Page 67
COST CONSIDERATIONS......Page 71
SUMMARY......Page 72
3 - Recent Experience with Automatic Identification Systems and Shipboard Displays......Page 75
1371 STANDARD AIS PROGRAMS......Page 77
NON-1371 STANDARD AIS PROGRAMS......Page 80
SUMMARY......Page 91
DETERMINING REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPBOARD DISPLAY OF AIS INFORMATION......Page 94
INVENTORY OF EXISTING AIS REQUIREMENTS......Page 97
REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS......Page 99
SUMMARY......Page 116
5 - Human Factors Considerations for Automatic Identification System Interface Design......Page 121
CORE ELEMENTS OF THE HUMAN FACTORS DESIGN PROCESS......Page 122
UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THE OPERATOR......Page 124
HUMAN/AUTOMATION PERFORMANCE ISSUES......Page 136
SKILL REQUIREMENTS......Page 140
DESIGNING THE AIS INTERFACE USING HUMAN FACTORS PRINCIPLES......Page 141
EVALUATION......Page 150
ENSURING GOOD INTERFACE DESIGN: DESIGN, PROCESS, AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS......Page 151
SUMMARY......Page 152
NEED FOR A SYSTEMATIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN......Page 159
AIS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SHIPBOARD DISPLAYS......Page 160
HUMAN FACTORS IN THE DISPLAY DESIGN PROCESS......Page 164
SYSTEM LIMITATIONS......Page 166
NEED FOR ONGOING RESEARCH ON HUMAN INTERFACES......Page 168
SUMMARY......Page 171
Appendix A - Workshop to Explore Automatic Identification System Display Technology and Human Factors Issues......Page 173
PANEL I, TECHNICAL FACTORS: SUMMARY POINTS......Page 174
PANEL II, HUMAN FACTORS: SUMMARY POINTS......Page 176
PANEL III, CASE STUDIES: SUMMARY POINTS......Page 178
PANEL IV, OPERATIONS: SUMMARY POINTS......Page 180
WORKSHOP CONCLUDING COMMENTS......Page 182
Appendix B - Report on Committee Subgroup Trip to Europe, July 25–August 4, 2002......Page 189
FACILITIES VISITED AND MEETINGS HELD WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS......Page 190
MAJOR ISSUES AND POINTS RELATED TO AIS DISPLAY STUDY FROM GERMAN VISIT......Page 191
Appendix C - Shipboard Display of Automatic Identification System Requirements......Page 193
Study Committee Biographical Information......Page 209