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Understanding How Train Dispatchers Manage and Control Trains: Results of Cognitive Task Analysis

Understanding How Train Dispatchers Manage and Control Trains: Results of Cognitive Task Analysis

U. S. Department of Transportation

Paperback

Transportation General

ISBN10: 1494405113
ISBN13: 9781494405113
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 15 2013
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
This report documents the results of a Cognitive Task Analysis that examined how experienced railroad dispatchers manage and schedule trains in today's environment. The objective was to understand the cognitive demands placed on railroad dispatchers and the strategies that experienced dispatchers have developed in response to those demands, as an input to guide development and design of digital communication systems and advanced information displays. A hybrid methodology was used that combined field observations at two railroad dispatch centers (one that primarily handles passenger trains and one that primarily handles freight trains) with structured interviews of experienced railroad dispatchers.

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