Automation & Control Systems Computer Science Computer Science, Cybernetics Science & Technology Technology
Human-automation interaction, including erroneous human behavior, is a factor in the failure of complex, safety-critical systems. This paper presents a method for automatically generating formal task analytic models encompassing both erroneous and normative human behavior from normative task models, where the misapplication of strategic knowledge is used to generate erroneous behavior. Resulting models can be automatically incorporated into larger formal system models so that safety properties can be formally verified with a model checker. This allows analysts to prove that a human-automation interactive system (as represented by the formal model) will or will not satisfy safety properties with both normative and generated erroneous human behavior. Benchmarks are reported that illustrate how this method scales. The method is then illustrated with a case study: the programming of a patient-controlled analgesia pump. In this example, a problem resulting from a generated erroneous human behavior is discovered. The method is further employed to evaluate the effectiveness of different solutions to the discovered problem. The results and future research directions are discussed.
Generating Erroneous Human Behavior From Strategic Knowledge in Task Models and Evaluating Its Impact on System Safety With Model Checking
Creators
Matthew L. Bolton - University of Illinois at Chicago
Ellen J. Bass - Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
Publication Details
IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Systems, v 43(6), pp 1314-1327
Publisher
IEEE
Number of pages
14
Grant note
T15LM009462 / National Library of Medicine; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM)
NCC1002043; NNA10DE79C / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Information Science (Informatics)
Web of Science ID
WOS:000326499800005
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84898676620
Other Identifier
991019168280704721
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Automation & Control Systems
Computer Science, Cybernetics
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