Integrated Marine Operation Simulator Facilities for Risk Assessment Including Human Factors

Forståelse for handtering av risiko knyttet til tekniske aspekt har hatt stor utvikling. Godt metodegrunnlag er utviklet. Menneskelig faktor i integrerte system som i krevende maritime operasjoner med team og avansert teknologi er derimot en utfordring. Objektive metoder og systematikk mangler. Subjektive metoder for finnes og er brukt for menneske maskinsamspill, men inkludere ikke kompleksiteten i krevende maritime operasjoner. Ideen med dette prosjektet er å utnytte simulatorfasilitetene ved NTNU i Ålesund til å utvikle objektive metoder til å inkludere menneskelig faktor i krevende maritime operasjoner. Her blir både menneske-maskinsamspill og menneske-menneske samspill inkludert i tillegg til teknisk risiko. Simulatorene vil bli instrumentert som et forskningslaboratorium til å studere komplekse sosiotekniske system. Målet er å utvikle metoder og verktøy til å lage komplette risikobilder til maritime operasjoner samt økt forståelse for menneskelig faktor i krevende operasjoner. Prosjektet blir utført i samarbeid med NASA-AMES og SRI. Arbeid utført i prosjektet er blitt presentert/demonstrert på seminar og brukerkonferanser.

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The safety of a marine operation is compromised if every aspect of the system in which the operation takes place is not factored for risk assessment. While understanding of risk due to technical aspects has made great advancements, understanding of risk d ue to human error in general and in cooperative settings in particular continues to pose a challenge. Currently, most of the assessment of risk due to human error is through subjective methods for one operator at a single work station. A main idea for thi s project is to make benefit of the simulator facilities available at Aalesund University College to develop and verify metrics for the effects of human group behaviour in demanding marine operations taking into account both the human factors and the tech nology. At the core of this project is to look at risks simultaneously due to technical aspects & human aspects of demanding operations as planned & implemented. This project will provide new tools for understanding of risks due to human influence during demanding marine operations. This project transforms the simulators into research laboratories by instrumenting and operating them for studying complex socio-technical relationships. Methods to capture operations performance and risk assessment taking in to account human factors will be developed. This project will provide new insights as to how to reduce risk in demanding marine operations. The competitive power of the maritime offshore industry is a combination of innovation in ship and ships equipment combined with skilled seamen. The direct industrial relevance for this project is: -Assessment of risk and risk reduction in demanding marine operations due to (1) operational plans and procedures, including unique operations before they take place in r eality. (2) equipment and system design As a direct consequence it increases the competitiveness of the Norwegian industry in the world.