Browsing Theses by Subject "Situation Awareness"
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Ecological Interface Design for Turbine Secondary Systems in a Nuclear Power Plant: Effects on Operator Situation Awareness
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-09)Investigations into past accidents at nuclear power generating facilities such as that of Three Mile Island have identified human factors as one of the foremost critical aspects in plant safety. Errors resulting from ... -
Improving the Management of Controllers’ Interruptions through the Working Awareness Interruption Tool: WAIT
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-24)Interruptions in time-critical, dynamic, and collaborative environments, such as air traffic control (ATC), can provide valuable, task-relevant information. However, they also negatively impact task performance by distracting ... -
Information Fusion Methodology for Enhancing Situation Awareness in Connected Cars Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)This dissertation introduces novel approaches to develop a comprehensive model to address situation awareness in the Internet of Cars, called Attention Assist Framework (AAF). The proposed framework utilizes both Low-Level ... -
Traveler Centric Trip Planning: A situation-Aware System
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-27)Trip planning is a well cited problem for which various solutions have been reported in the literature. This problem has been typically addressed, to a large extent, as a shortest distance path planning problem. In some ... -
Use of Technological Tools for Supporting Interpersonal Trust: From Modelling to Fostering Trust Through Design
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-15)Trust is a core construct of our social lives, influencing how we interact with other individuals that are part of our social circle. Whether at work, in teams, or with friends and family, trust influences how much information ...