Human Problem Solving in Process Control

A review of literature from the domain of process control is provided, in which the complexity of the process control task is illustrated. It is argued that the role of the human operator is evolving to be primarily that of a problem solver. Following a brief review of literature related to problem solving from the areas of psychology and process control, it is noted that the general opinion reflected in these sources is that one's ability to solve a problem is related to the problem-relevant knowledge one has.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Morris, Nancy Marie

• Psychology, Experimental

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8410003

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69638