Supporting Intelligent and Trustworthy Maritime Path Planning Decisions

The risk of maritime collisions and groundings has dramatically increased in the past five years despite technological advancements such as GPS-based navigation tools and electronic charts which may add to, instead of reduce, workload. We propose that an automated path planning tool for littoral nav...

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Main Authors: Cummings, M.L., Buchin, M., Carrigan, G., Donmez, B.
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Language:en_US
Published: International Journal of Human Computer Studies 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87060
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author Cummings, M.L.
Buchin, M.
Carrigan, G.
Donmez, B.
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description The risk of maritime collisions and groundings has dramatically increased in the past five years despite technological advancements such as GPS-based navigation tools and electronic charts which may add to, instead of reduce, workload. We propose that an automated path planning tool for littoral navigation can reduce workload and improve overall system efficiency, particularly under time pressure. To this end, a Maritime Automated Path Planner (MAPP) was developed, incorporating information requirements developed from a cognitive task analysis, with special emphasis on designing for trust. Human-in-the-loop experimental results showed that MAPP was successful in reducing the time required to generate an optimized path, as well as reducing path lengths. The results also showed that while users gave the tool high acceptance ratings, they rated the MAPP as average for trust, which we propose is the appropriate level of trust for such a system.
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spelling mit-1721.1/870602019-04-10T15:04:23Z Supporting Intelligent and Trustworthy Maritime Path Planning Decisions Cummings, M.L. Buchin, M. Carrigan, G. Donmez, B. path planning decision support trust maritime navigation The risk of maritime collisions and groundings has dramatically increased in the past five years despite technological advancements such as GPS-based navigation tools and electronic charts which may add to, instead of reduce, workload. We propose that an automated path planning tool for littoral navigation can reduce workload and improve overall system efficiency, particularly under time pressure. To this end, a Maritime Automated Path Planner (MAPP) was developed, incorporating information requirements developed from a cognitive task analysis, with special emphasis on designing for trust. Human-in-the-loop experimental results showed that MAPP was successful in reducing the time required to generate an optimized path, as well as reducing path lengths. The results also showed that while users gave the tool high acceptance ratings, they rated the MAPP as average for trust, which we propose is the appropriate level of trust for such a system. This work was sponsored by Rite Solutions Inc., Assett Inc., Mikel Inc., and the Office of Naval Research. We would also like to thank Northeast Maritime Institute, the MIT NROTC detachment, the crew of the USS New Hampshire, and the anonymous reviewers whose comments significantly improved the paper. 2014-05-19T20:29:50Z 2014-05-19T20:29:50Z 2010 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87060 Cummings, M.L., Buchin, M., Carrigan, G., & B. Donmez, Supporting Intelligent and Trustworthy Maritime Path Planning Decisions, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Vol. 68(10), p. 616-626, 2010. en_US application/pdf International Journal of Human Computer Studies
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Buchin, M.
Carrigan, G.
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Supporting Intelligent and Trustworthy Maritime Path Planning Decisions
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maritime
navigation
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