Evaluating Sea Experience with an Eye Mark Recorder in a Ship Handling Simulator

This paper analyses the navigator’s eye movement on the navigation bridge simulator. The main objective of this paper is to find the differences between the sea experience level and educational level in order to evaluate the navigator’s sea experience; this by fixation points in the ship-handling simulator. A measurement device (“EMR-8”) is used for recording eye movements. There are three kinds of examinee groups and each group has 4 examinees. Group 1 is second class, deck department students who have up to 2.5 months sea experience onboard training as a cadet. Group 2 is 4th class, deck department students who have up to 12 months. Group 3 is ocean-going masters who have different experiences as master or chief officer. The same scenario was used by each examinee. The visual field was divided into three parts, inside, outside and others. Significant results were obtained by the comparison with differences among the groups. In Group 1, the examinees paid less attention to sailing. They had a remarkable difference in fixation duration between the inside and the outside; their fixation during for “other places” was much longer than the other groups, and they had very little experience in suing the inside equipment. In Group 2, the examinees showed differences in capabilities as a navigation officer which could be based on their sea experience and educational program. In Group 3, the examinees were professional seafarers, so they were able to pay more attention to all kinds of navigational information such as target ships or navigational aids. The paper shows that sea experience as a seafarer or a cadet could be evaluated by using the eye mark recorder utilizing the ship-handling simulator.

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  Computational Mechanics, 25 Bridge Street
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• Authors:
  • Arslan, O
  • Furusho, M
  • Kum, S
• Conference:
  • International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) 6th Annual General Assembly and Conference
  • Location: Malmo , Sweden
  • Date: 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-26
• Publication Date: 2005-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 313-319
• Monograph Title: Maritime Security and MET

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crew resource management; Examinations; Eye movements; Human factors; Maritime safety; Navigational aids; Sailing ships; Ship officers; Ship operations; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01020144
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845640586
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 2006 8:25AM