Journal of the Korean Society for Railway (한국철도학회논문집)

The Korean Society for Railway (한국철도학회)
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Cognitive Process of Railway Drivers at Different Speeds

철도차량 운행속도에 따른 기관사의 인지과정 분석

  • 김사길 (경희대학교 일반대학원 산업공학과 인간공학) ;
  • 박홍준 (경희대학교 일반대학원 산업공학과 인간공학) ;
  • 경태원 (경희대학교 일반대학원 산업공학과 MIS) ;
  • 변승남 (경희대학교, 산업공학과)
  • Published : 2007.08.31
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to verify the hypothesis that cognitive process of railway drivers would be influenced by train speed. The hypothesis is tested by investigating railway drivers' cognitive processes at different speeds of a locomotion. The experiment shows that human performance of railway drivers decreases as the train speed becomes faster. In addition, simple signals outperformed complex signals at every train speed. Therefore, it is suggested to redesign complex signals simpler for improving drivers' human performance. It is also recommended that the Korean railway safety law should be revised to mention requirement of the signal design, especially for the fastest train including KTX. The implications of the experiments are discussed in detail.

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